Where there is no vision the people perish
A proverb expressing the idea that a people without leadership possessing vision or long-term perspective are destined for hardship.
("Where there is no vision, the people perish; but he that keepeth the law, happy is he" - Proverbs 29:18)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
בְּאֵין חָזוֹן יִפָּרַע עָם
Definition (Hebrew)
פִּתְגָּם הַמְּבַטֵּא אֶת הָרַעֲיוֹן לְּפִיו גּוֹרָל קָשֶׁה צָפוּי לָעָם חֲסַר הַנְהָגָה בַּעֲלַת חָזוֹן אוֹ רְאִיָּה לִטְוָח אָרֹךְ.
("בְּאֵין חָזוֹן יִפָּרַע עָם וְשֹׁמֵר תּוֹרָה אַשְׁרֵהוּ"- מִשְׁלֵי כט יח)