Proverbs 29:21
He that dealeth tenderly with his servant from childhood, in his after life, shall have him for a son.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
20Thou hast seen a man hasty in his words,—there is, more hope of a dullard, than of him.
Cross References
Proverbs 29:15A rod with rebuke, giveth wisdom, but, a youth unrestrained, bringeth shame to his mother.
Luke 7:2And, a certain centurion’s servant, being sick, was on the point of dying,—who was, by him, highly prized.
1 Timothy 5:6Whereas, she that runneth riot, while living, is, dead:
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 →