Proverbs 29:21
One who pampers his slave from youth, 1 at the end of it there will be trouble. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
In Context
20See a man who is hasty in his words? 1 There is more hope for a fool than for him. 1
22An angry person stirs up strife 1 and a master of rage commits many sins. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 29:15The rod and reproof give wisdom, 1 but a child freed from discipline puts his mother to shame. 1
Luke 7:2Now a centurion had a slave who was highly regarded by him, and he was sick and about to die.
1 Timothy 5:6However, the woman who lives for pleasure is dead, even though she is still alive.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:21
20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him. Solomon here shows that there is little hope of bringing a man to wisdom that is hasty either, 1. Through rashness and inconsideration: Seest thou a man that is hasty in his matters, that is of a light desultory wit, that seems to take a thing quickly, but takes it by the halves, gallops over a book or science, but takes no time to digest it, no time to pause or muse upon a business? There is more hope of making a scholar and… Read the whole commentary →