Proverbs 29:19
Not with words [alone] can a servant be corrected; for though he understand, there will be no response.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
In Context
20Seest then a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope for a fool than for him.
Cross References
Job 19:16I call for my servant, but he will not answer, though I were to entreat him with my mouth.
Proverbs 30:22Under a servant when he becometh king, and a worthless fool when he hath eaten enough bread;
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 →