Proverbs 29:18
A people is made naked without a vision, || And whoever is keeping the Law, O his blessedness!
Literal Standard Version
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 gives you comfort, || Indeed, he gives delights to your soul.
19By words a servant is not instructed though he understand, || And there is nothing answering.
Cross References
Exodus 32:25And Moses sees the people, that it [is] unbridled, for Aaron has made it unbridled for contempt among its withstanders,
2 Chronicles 28:19for YHWH has humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he made free with Judah, even to commit a trespass against YHWH.
Psalms 19:11Also—Your servant is warned by them, “In keeping them [is] a great reward.”
Psalms 119:1[ALEPH] O the blessedness of those perfect in the way, || They are walking in the Law of YHWH,
Proverbs 19:16Whoever is keeping the command is keeping his soul, || Whoever is despising His ways dies.
Amos 8:11Behold, days are coming,” || A declaration of Lord YHWH, || “And I have sent a famine into the land, || Not a famine of bread, nor a thirst of water, || But of hearing the words of YHWH.
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 →