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Proverbs 29:19
A servant will not be corrected by words, being in need often of sharper correction; for though he understand, he will not answer, he will pay no attention to an ordinary statement or reproof.
A servant will not be corrected by words, being in need often of sharper correction; for though he understand, he will not answer, he will pay no attention to an ordinary statement or reproof.
SERVANT - i. e., A slave, whose obedience is reluctant. He may “understand” the words, but they produce no good effect. There is still lacking the true “answer” of obedience....
CHAPTER 29 THE FINAL INSTRUCTIONS These final instructions given in proverbs cover the similar ground as those in the previous Chapter s. Wisdom shines out in each, and the contents of every proverb s...
PROVERBS 29:2. _cf._ Proverbs 11:10 f., Proverbs 28:12. Proverbs 29:4. he that exacteth gifts: lit. a man of presen
_words_ He needs sterner measures. _answer_ i.e. respond in work and action: _give heed_, R.V.; οὐχ ὑπακούσεται, LXX. The Vulg. appears to understand it, as do some commentators, literally he will no...
A SERVANT WILL NOT BE CORRECTED BY WORDS— "A slave, and he who is of a servile nature, is not to be amended by reason or persuasion: no, nor by reproofs or threats; for though he hear, and understand...
TEXT Proverbs 29:19-27 19. A servant will not be corrected by words; For though he understand, he will not give heed. 20. Seest thou a man that is hasty in words? There is more hope of a fool th...
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer. A SERVANT (a slave in spirit, not a free son of God, enslaved to lust, who does no duty from love, but only wh...
KINGS AND FATHERS 3. Cp. the prodigal son (Luke 15)....
Sir 33:24-29 recommends blows....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 29 V1 A man might refuse to change his behaviour, even if many people try to correct him. A terrible trouble will suddenly ruin that man’s lif...
Sometimes people cannot understand our words. They need to see our actions. This servant might be a child. So the master must punish his servant as a child. The servant’s punishment should be fair. T...
A SERVANT WILL NOT BE CORRECTED WITH WORDS. — A slave must be corrected by sterner means; it is only fear of punishment which will move him; “for though he understand, he will not answer,” will not re...
בִּ֭ דְבָרִים לֹא ־יִוָּ֣סֶר עָ֑בֶד כִּֽי ־י֝
CHAPTER 30 THE NEED OF REVELATION "Where no vision is, a people casts off restraint, but he that keepeth the law is happy."- Proverbs 29:18 THE form of the proverb shows that we are not to treat the...
Verse Proverbs 29:2. The sentiment of this proverb often recurs. On the surface it hardly appears to be true. To observe long issues is to be convinced of the absolute accuracy of the sentiment. Vers...
A (e) servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understandeth he will not answer. (e) He who is of a servile and rebellious nature....
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. He that delicately bringet...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
A SERVANT WILL NOT BE CORRECTED BY WORDS,.... Not by them only, especially one that is of a servile, surly, and untractable disposition; otherwise a good servant, and well disposed to his master, and...
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer. Ver. 19. _A servant will not be corrected by words._] Some servants will not, but must have blows. If words will...
_A servant_, &c. “A slave, and he who is of a servile nature, is not to be amended by reason or persuasion: no, nor by reproofs or threats; for though he hear, and understand too, what you say, yet he...
This FIFTH SECTION now has similarities to the fourth, but carries us further, for if the fourth stresses mainly the testing of ways and walk. This dwells more upon results, that is the recompenses of...
A SERVANT, who is so not only ill condition, but also in the temper of his mind, disingenuous, perverse, and stubborn, WILL NOT BE CORRECTED BY WORDS; by mere words without blows. Compare PROVERBS 19:...
Proverbs 29:19 servant H5650 corrected H3256 (H8735) words H1697 understands H995 (H8799) respond H4617 servant -...
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Those who never regard the Word of God are an easy prey to the enemy of souls. A confidence in God and His Word enables one to look...
Proverbs 29:1. _He that being often reproved, hardeneth his neck._ The Greeks have a similar proverb. Οι πολλα πταιοντες και μη κολαζομενοι φοβεισθαι και δεδοικεναι οφειλουοιν. Αυξεται γαρ αυτοις τα τ...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 29:19. DOTH NOT ANSWER. Rather “_there is not an answer_,” that is in action, by obedience. Delitzsch translates “_does not conform thereto_” PROVERBS 29:21. A SON, etc. The...
EXPOSITION This chapter reinforces many precept given previously. PROVERBS 29:1 HE THAT BEING OFTEN REPROVED HARDENETH HIS NECK; literally, _a man of reproofs—_one_ _who has had a long experience of...
He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy (Proverbs 29:1). That is a heavy, heavy proverb. The person that is often reproved by God. How ma...
Job 19:16; Proverbs 26:3; Proverbs 30:22...
THE WAY OF THE RIGHTEOUS Proverbs 29:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The time when God shall say "it is enough." Our verse, as a whole, reads thus: "He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall su...
A servant — Who is so not only in condition, but also in the temper of his mind, disingenuous, and stubborn. Words — By mere words. Tho' — Though he know thy mind, and his own duty....