Proverbs 29:18
Where there is no chazon (prophetic vision), the people cast off restaint, + 29:18 i.e., perish ungovernable 1 but he that is shomer over the torah, happy is he. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 binecha, and he shall give thee rest; 1 indeed, he shall give delight unto thy nefesh. 1
19An eved will not be corrected by devarim, 1 for though he understand he will not answer. 1
Cross References
Exodus 32:25And when Moshe saw that HaAm were exposed; (for Aharon had exposed them to derision among their enemies;)
2 Chronicles 28:19For Hashem brought Yehudah low because of Achaz Melech Yisroel, for he brought disgrace to Yehudah, and acted treacherously against Hashem.
Psalms 19:11More to be desired are they than zahav, 1 yea, than much fine gold; 1 sweeter also than devash and the honeycomb. 1
Psalms 119:1Ashrei are the blameless ones in the derech, 1 who walk in the torat Hashem. 1
Proverbs 19:16He that is shomer over the mitzvah is shomer over his own nefesh, 1 but he that is reckless in his drakhim shall die. 1
Amos 8:11Hinei, the yamim come, saith Adonoi Hashem, 1 that I will send a ra'av (famine) in the land, 1 not a ra'av (famine) of lechem, nor a thirst for mayim, 1 but of hearing the Divrei Hashem; 1
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 →