Proverbs 29:19
A servant may not be taught (only) by words; for he understandeth that that thou sayest, and he despiseth to answer. (A servant will not be corrected with words alone; for he understandeth what thou sayest, but he still despiseth to answer thee.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
In Context
Cross References
Job 19:16I called my servant, and he answered not to me; with mine own mouth I prayed him (or I begged him with my own mouth).
Proverbs 30:22by a servant, when he reigneth; by a fool, when he is filled with meat, (or by a fool, when he is filled full 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 →