Proverbs 29:19
By words a servant is not instructed though he understand, And there is nothing answering.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
In Context
18Without a Vision is a people made naked, And whoso is keeping the law, O his happiness!
20Thou hast seen a man hasty in his words! More hope of a fool than of him.
Cross References
Job 19:16To my servant I have called, And he doth not answer, With my mouth I make supplication to him.
Proverbs 30:22For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,
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 →