Proverbs 29:19
A servant can’t be corrected by words. Though he understands, yet he will not respond.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
In Context
18Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but one who keeps the law is blessed.
20Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Cross References
Job 19:16I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer. I beg him with my mouth.
Proverbs 30:22For a servant when he is king, a fool when he is filled with food,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:19
Miscellaneous Maxims. 18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. See here, I. The misery of the people that want a settled ministry: Where there is no vision, no prophet to expound the law, no priest or Levite to teach the good knowledge of the Lord, no means of grace, the word of the Lord is scarce, there is no open vision ( 1 Sam. iii. 1 ), where it is so the people perish; the word has many significations, any of which will apply here. 1. The people are made naked,… Read the whole commentary →