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Proverbs 29:18 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 29 · verse 18
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.Proverbs 29:18 · King James Version
Proverbs 29:18 in context
16When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
17Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
18Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
19A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
20Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
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Key words (Strong's)
- keepethshâmarproperly, to hedge aboutH8104 →
- visionchâzôwna sightH2377 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- perishpâraʻto loosenH6544 →
- lawtôwrâha precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or PentateuchH8451 →
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See here, I. The misery of the people that want a settled ministry: Where there is no vision, no prophet to expound the law, no priest or Levite to teach the good knowledge of the Lord, no means of grace, the word of the Lord is scarce, there is no open vision (Sa1 3:1), where it is so the people perish;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary