Proverbs 29:19
A servant is not corrected by words: he understandeth indeed, but he will not answer.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
In Context
18Where there is no vision the people cast off restraint; but happy is he that keepeth the law.
20Hast thou seen a man hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Cross References
Job 19:16I called my servant, and he answered not; I entreated him with my mouth.
Proverbs 30:22Under a servant when he reigneth, and a churl when he is filled with meat;
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:19
Miscellaneous Maxims. 18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. 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 ( 1 Sam. iii. 1 ), where it is so the people perish; the word has many significations, any of which will apply here. 1. The people are made naked,… Read the whole commentary →