Proverbs 29:18
Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but one who keeps the law is blessed.
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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; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.
19A servant can’t be corrected by words. Though he understands, yet he will not respond.
Cross References
Exodus 32:25When Moses saw that the people were out of control, (for Aaron had let them lose control, causing derision amongst their enemies),
2 Chronicles 28:19For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel, because he acted without restraint in Judah and trespassed severely against the LORD.
Psalms 19:11Moreover your servant is warned by them. In keeping them there is great reward.
Psalms 119:1Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the LORD’s law.
Proverbs 19:16He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.
Amos 8:11Behold, the days come,” says the Lord GOD, “that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the LORD’s words.
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 →