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Proverbs 29:21 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 29 · verse 21
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.Proverbs 29:21 · King James Version
Proverbs 29:21 in context
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.
22An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
23A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
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Note, 1. It is an imprudent thing in a master to be too fond of a servant, to advance him too fast, and admit him to be too familiar with him, to suffer him to be over-nice and curious in his diet, and clothing, and lodging, and so to bring him up delicately, because he is a favourite, and an agreeable servant;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary