Proverbs 29:19
A servant will not be corrected by words; For, though he understand, he will not obey.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
In Context
18Where there is no vision, the people become unruly; But he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
20Seest thou a man hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
Cross References
Job 19:16I call my servant, and he maketh no answer; With my own mouth do I entreat him.
Proverbs 30:22Under a servant when he becometh a king, And a fool when he is filled 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 →