Key Verse Spotlight
Proverbs 29:19 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.”
Proverbs 29:19
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Where {there is} no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy {is} he. {perish: or, is made naked}
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
Seest thou a man {that is} hasty in his words? {there is} more hope of a fool than of him. {words: or, matters?}
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become {his} son at the length.
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