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20 A child of wisdom will make a father glad,
    but a foolish person,[a] he despises his mother.
21 Folly is a joy to him who lacks sense,[b]
    and a person of understanding will walk upright.[c]
22 Plans go wrong when there is no counsel,
    but with many advisors it will succeed.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 15:20 Literally “foolishness of humankind”
  2. Proverbs 15:21 Literally “heart”
  3. Proverbs 15:21 Literally “he will walk upright walking”