Proverbs 29:19
By words, a servant will not be corrected, though he perceiveth, yet is there no answer.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 vision, a people is let loose, but, he that keepeth instruction, how happy is he!
20Thou hast seen a man hasty in his words,—there is, more hope of a dullard, than of him.
Cross References
Job 19:16To mine own servant, I called, and he would not answer, With mine own mouth, I kept entreating him;
Proverbs 30:22Under a servant, when he reigneth, and a base man, when he is surfeited 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 →