Proverbs 11:14 - Exposition

Where no counsel is. The word properly means "steersmanship," "pilotage" ( Proverbs 1:5 ; Proverbs 12:5 ; Proverbs 24:6 ). So Vulgate , gubernator ; Septuagint, κυβέρνησις , "They who have no government fall like leaves," reading alim instead of am . In the multitude of counsellors ( Proverbs 15:22 ; Proverbs 20:18 ; Proverbs 24:6 ). This would go to prove the superiority of a popular government over the despotism of a single ruler. But the caution of our homely proverb is net inopportune, "Too many cooks spoil the broth."