Job 19:16; Proverbs 26:3; Proverbs 30:22
Servant - i. e., A slave, whose obedience is reluctant. He may “understand” the words, but they produce no good effect. There is still lacking th...
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.
Proverbs 29:2 . cf. Proverbs 11:10 f., Proverbs 28:12-28 . Proverbs 29:4 . he that exacteth gifts: lit. a man of presents. Proverbs 2...
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
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 rep...
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, e...
Kings and Fathers 3. Cp. the prodigal son ( Luke 15 ).
Sir 33:24-29 recommends blows.
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 t...
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 TH...
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 convi...
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 hop...
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 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 s...
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 t...
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 d...
19 A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer. Here is the description of an unprofitable...
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 wo...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 29:19 . Doth not answer . Rather “ there is not an answer ,” that is in action, by obedience. Delitzsch translates “ doe...
Proverbs 29:1 . He that being often reproved, hardeneth his neck. The Greeks have a similar proverb. Οι πολλα πταιοντες και μη κολαζομενοι φοβεισθ...
EXPOSITION This chapter reinforces many precept given previously. Proverbs 29:1 He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck; literal...
The Source of Evil Shown
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 a...
The Way of the Righteous Proverbs 29:1-27 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The time when God shall say "it is enough." Our verse, as a whole, reads thus:...
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 h...
19 A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.