Proverbs 29:19
By words a servant is not instructed though he understand, || And there is nothing answering.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
In Context
18A people is made naked without a vision, || And whoever is keeping the Law, O his blessedness!
20You have seen a man hasty in his words! More hope of a fool than of him.
Cross References
Job 19:16I have called to my servant, || And he does not answer, || With my mouth I make supplication to him.
Proverbs 30:22For a servant when he reigns, || And a fool when he is satisfied with 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 →