Proverbs 29:19
A servant can't be disciplined by words alone; though they understand, they don't follow what they're told.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
In Context
18Without a revelation from God, the people go out of control, but those who keep the law are happy.
20Have you seen a man who speaks without thinking? There's more hope for stupid people than for him!
Cross References
Job 19:16I call my servant, but he doesn't reply. I have to beg him!
Proverbs 30:22a slave becoming a king, a stupid person eating like a pig,
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 →