Proverbs 29:18
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
King James Version
In Context
17Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
19A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
Cross References
Exodus 32:25And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)
2 Chronicles 28:19For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD.
Psalms 19:11Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
Psalms 119:1Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
Proverbs 19:16He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
Amos 8:11Behold, the days come, saith 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 words of the LORD:
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 →