Proverbs 29:21

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Slaves you treat kindly from their childhood will cause you sorrow.

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You have not given me any children, and this servant of mine will inherit everything.”

Correct your children, and they will be wise; children out of control disgrace their mothers.

There is more hope for a fool than for someone who speaks without thinking.

A person with a quick temper stirs up arguments and commits a lot of sins.

a hateful woman who finds a husband, and a slave who takes the place of the woman who owns her.

The manager said to himself, “What shall I do now that my master is going to fire me? I can't dig ditches, and I'm ashamed to beg.

In that town an army officer's servant was sick and about to die. The officer liked this servant very much.

A widow who thinks only about having a good time is already dead, even though she is still alive.