Proverbs 29:21
He that lives wantonly from a child, shall be a servant, and in the end shall grieve over himself.
Brenton Septuagint
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
20If thou see a man hasty in his words, know that the fool has hope rather than he.
22A furious man stirs up strife, and a passionate man digs up sin.
Cross References
Proverbs 29:15Stripes and reproofs give wisdom: but an erring child disgraces his parents.
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 →