Proverbs 29:21
He that delicately bringeth vp his seruant from youth, at length he will be euen as his sone.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
20Seest thou a man hastie in his matters? there is more hope of a foole, then of him.
22An angrie man stirreth vp strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
Cross References
Proverbs 29:15The rodde and correction giue wisdome: but a childe set a libertie, maketh his mother ashamed.
Luke 7:2And a certaine Ceturions seruant was sicke and readie to die, which was deare vnto him.
1 Timothy 5:6But shee that liueth in pleasure, is dead, while shee liueth.
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 →