Proverbs 29:19 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹⁹ A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.

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¹⁹ A servant will not be corrected by words: For though he understand he will not answer.

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¹⁹ A servant will not be corrected by words alone; for though he understands, he will not answer [the master who mistreats him].

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¹⁹ A servant will not be corrected by words; For though he understand, he will not give heed.

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¹⁹ Servants aren’t disciplined by words; they might understand, but they don’t respond.

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¹⁹ A servant cannot be taught by words, because he understands what you say, but he disdains to respond.

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I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I entreated him with my mouth.

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.

Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

for a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;