Proverbs 29:21

New King James Version

He who pampers his servant from childhood Will have him as a son in the end.

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Then Abram said, “Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed one born in my house is my heir!”

The rod and rebuke give wisdom, But a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

Do you see a man hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

An angry man stirs up strife, And a furious man abounds in transgression.

A hateful woman when she is married, And a maidservant who succeeds her mistress.

“Then the steward said within himself, ‘What shall I do? For my master is taking the stewardship away from me. I cannot dig; I am ashamed to beg.

And a certain centurion’s servant, who was dear to him, was sick and ready to die.

But she who lives in pleasure is dead while she lives.