Proverbs 29:19
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
Updated King James Version
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, the people perish: but he that keeps the law, happy is he.
20See you a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Cross References
Job 19:16I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I implored him with my mouth.
Proverbs 30:22For a servant when he reigns; and a fool when he is filled 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 →