Proverbs 29:18
Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; 2 but one who keeps the Torah ·Teaching· is blessed. 1
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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 your son, and he will give you peace; 2 yes, he will bring delight to your soul. 1
19A servant can’t be corrected by words. 2 Though he understands, yet he will not respond. 1
Cross References
Exodus 32:25When Moses [Drawn out] saw that the people had broken loose, (for Aaron [Light-bringer] had let them loose for a derision among their enemies),
Psalms 19:11Moreover by them is your servant warned. 2 In keeping them there is great reward. 1
Psalms 119:1א ( 'ashreiy, Blessed) Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, 2 who walk according to Adonai’s Torah ·Teaching·. 1
Proverbs 19:16He who keeps a mitzvah ·instruction· keeps his soul, 2 but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die. 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 →