Proverbs 29:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ Where there is no prophecy, the people cast off restraint, but happy are those who keep the law.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ Where there is no vision, the people perish: But he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Where there is no vision [no redemptive revelation of God], the people perish; but he who keeps the law [of God, which includes that of man]–blessed (happy, fortunate, and enviable) is he. [I Sam. 3:1; Amos 8:11, 12.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; But he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ When there’s no vision, the people get out of control, but whoever obeys instruction is happy.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ When prophecy fails, the people will be scattered. Yet truly, whoever guards the law is blessed.

Proverbs 29:18 Cross References

Luke 11:28

But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”

James 1:25

But those who look into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and persevere, being not hearers who forget but doers who act—they will be blessed in their doing.

Hosea 4:6

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge! Because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me; and since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.

John 13:17

If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.

Proverbs 19:16

Those who keep the commandment will live; those who are heedless of their ways will die.

Psalm 119:2

Happy are those who keep his decrees, who seek him with their whole heart,

1 Samuel 3:1

Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli. The word of the Lord was rare in those days; visions were not widespread.

Matthew 9:36

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

Exodus 32:25

When Moses saw that the people were out of control (for Aaron had lost control of them, prompting derision among their enemies),

Psalm 74:9

We do not see our emblems; there is no longer any prophet, and there is no one among us who knows how long.

Psalm 19:11

Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.

Revelation 22:14

Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they will have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by the gates.

2 Chronicles 28:19

For the Lord brought Judah low because of King Ahaz of Israel, for he had behaved without restraint in Judah and had been faithless to the Lord.

Psalm 106:3

Happy are those who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times.

Proverbs 8:32

“And now, my children, listen to me: happy are those who keep my ways.

Proverbs 29:19

By mere words slaves are not disciplined, for though they understand, they will not give heed.

Psalm 119:1

Happy are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord.