Proverbs 29:18
Where there is no prophetic vision the people run wild, 1 but the one who keeps the law is blessed. 1
Unlocked Literal 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
17Discipline your son and he will give you rest; 1 he will bring delights into your life. 1
19A slave will not be corrected by words, 1 for though he understands, there will be no response. 1
Cross References
Exodus 32:25Moses saw that the people were running wild (for Aaron had let them get out of control, causing their enemies to mock them).
2 Chronicles 28:19For Yahweh brought Judah low because of Ahaz, king of Israel; for he had acted wickedly in Judah and had sinned against Yahweh very heavily.
Psalms 19:11Yes, by them your servant is warned; 1 in obeying them there is great reward. 1
Psalms 119:1Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, 1 who walk in the law of Yahweh. 1
Proverbs 19:16The one who obeys the command guards his life, 1 but the person who does not think about his ways will die. 1
Amos 8:11Look, the days are coming 1 —this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh— 1 when I will send a famine in the land, 1 not a famine for bread, 1 nor of thirst for water, 1 but for hearing the words of Yahweh. 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 →