Proverbs 29:18
When the people of a nation do not receive messages that come directly from God, they do not control their behavior. God is pleased with those who obey his laws.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 32:25Moses/I saw that Aaron had allowed the people to become completely out of control and to do things that would make their enemies think the Israeli people were foolish.
2 Chronicles 28:19Yahweh allowed those things to happen in order to humble king Ahaz, because he had encouraged the people of Judah to do wicked things and had disobeyed Yahweh very much.
Psalms 19:11Furthermore, by reading them I learn what things are good to do and what things are evil, and they promise a great reward to us who obey them.
Psalms 119:1◄Yahweh is pleased with/Happy are► those about whom no one can say truthfully that they have done things that are wrong, those who always obey the laws of Yahweh.
Proverbs 19:16Those who obey God’s commandments will remain alive for a long time; those who despise/disobey them (OR, those who do not control their own conduct) will die while they are still young.
Amos 8:11And Yahweh our God says this: “It will soon be the time when I will cause something to be very scarce [MET] throughout the country. But it will not be a time when there is no food or water; it will instead be a time when there will be no messages from me for anyone to hear.
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 →