Proverbs 29:19
A slave will not be corrected by words: because he understandeth what thou sayest, and will not answer.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
In Context
20Hast thou seen a man hasty to speak? folly is rather to be looked for, than his amendment.
Cross References
Job 19:16I called my servant, and he gave me no answer, I entreated him with my own mouth.
Proverbs 30:22By a slave when he reigneth: by a fool 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 →