Proverbs 29:19
בִּדְבָרִים לֹא ־ יִוָּסֶר עָבֶד כִּֽי ־ יָבִין וְאֵין מַעֲנֶֽה ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
In Context
18בְּאֵין חָזוֹן יִפָּרַֽע עָם וְשֹׁמֵר תּוֹרָה אַשְׁרֵֽהוּ ׃
20חָזִיתָ אִישׁ אָץ בִּדְבָרָיו תִּקְוָה לִכְסִיל מִמֶּֽנּוּ ׃
Cross References
Job 19:16לְעַבְדִּי קָרָאתִי וְלֹא יַעֲנֶה בְּמוֹ ־ פִי אֶתְחַנֶּן ־ לֽוֹ ׃
Proverbs 30:22תַּֽחַת ־ עֶבֶד כִּי יִמְלוֹךְ וְנָבָל כִּי יִֽשְׂבַּֽע ־ לָֽחֶם ׃
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 →