John Gill - Exposition
John Gill
Without counsel purposes are disappointed,.... If a man determines and resolves upon a matter, and at once hastily and precipitately goes about it, without mature deliberation, without consulting with himself, and taking the advice of others in forming a scheme to bring about his designs, it generally comes to nothing; see Lu 14:28; or "without a secret" (s) without keeping one; if a man divulges...