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Proverbs 29:19 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 29 · verse 19
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.Proverbs 29:19 · King James Version
Proverbs 29:19 in context
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.
21He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- understandbîynto separate mentallyH995 →
- correctedyâçarto chastise, literally or figurativelyH3256 →
- servantʻebeda servantH5650 →
- wordsdâbâra wordH1697 →
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Here is the description of an unprofitable, slothful, wicked servant, a slave that serves not from conscience, or love, but purely from fear. Let those that have such servants put on patience to bear the vexation and not disturb themselves at it. See their character. 1. No rational words will work upon them;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary