Proverbs 29:21
He that delicately bryngeth vp his seruaunt from a chylde, shall make hym his maister at length.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
In Context
20Seest thou a man that is hastie to speake vnaduisedly? there is more hope in a foole then in hym.
22An angry man stirreth vp strife, and he that beareth euyll will in his mynde doth much euyll.
Cross References
Proverbs 29:15The rodde and correction geueth wisdome: but a childe left to his owne will, bryngeth his mother to shame.
Luke 7:2And a certayne Centurions seruaunt, which was deare vnto hym, lay sicke, and was in peryll of death.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:21
20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him. Solomon here shows that there is little hope of bringing a man to wisdom that is hasty either, 1. Through rashness and inconsideration: Seest thou a man that is hasty in his matters, that is of a light desultory wit, that seems to take a thing quickly, but takes it by the halves, gallops over a book or science, but takes no time to digest it, no time to pause or muse upon a business? There is more hope of making a scholar and… Read the whole commentary →