Proverbs 29:18
Without a prophetic vision a people become unruly; but when it observeth the law, then will it be happy.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
In Context
17Correct thy son, and he will procure thee rest: yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.
Cross References
Exodus 32:25And Moses saw the people that it had become unruly; for Aaron had made it unruly for a disgrace among their opponents.
2 Chronicles 28:19For the Lord humbled Judah on account of Achaz the king of Israel; for he made Judah unruly, and acted very faithlessly against the Lord.
Psalms 19:11(19:12) Moreover thy servant is admonished by them: in keeping them there is great reward.
Psalms 119:1ALEPH. Happy are they whose way is perfect, who walk in the law of the Lord.
Proverbs 19:16He that observeth the commandment guardeth his own soul: but he that disregardeth [directing] his ways [aright] shall die.
Amos 8:11Behold, days are coming, saith the Lord Eternal, when I will send a famine in the land, not a famine for bread, nor a thirst for water, but to hear 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 →