Proverbs 29:18
Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; but blessed is he who keeps the Law.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
In Context
17Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.
19A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond.
Cross References
Exodus 32:25Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them run wild and become a laughingstock to their enemies.
2 Chronicles 28:19For the LORD humbled Judah because Ahaz king of Israel had thrown off restraint in Judah and had been most unfaithful to the LORD.
Psalms 19:11By them indeed Your servant is warned; in keeping them is great reward.
Psalms 119:1Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.
Proverbs 19:16He who keeps a commandment preserves his soul, but he who is careless in his ways will die.
Amos 8:11Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land— not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:18
17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul. Note, 1. It is a very happy thing when children prove the comfort of their parents. Good children are so; they give them rest, make them easy, and free from the many cares they have had concerning them; yea, they give delight unto their souls. It is a pleasure to parents, which none know but those that are blessed with it, to see the happy fruit of the good education they have given their children, and to have a prospect of… Read the whole commentary →