Proverbs 29:19

A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Kings and Fathers 3. Cp. the prodigal son ( Luke 15 ).
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Sir 33:24-29 recommends blows.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

A servant will not be corrected by words ,.... Not by them only, especially one that is of a servile, surly, and untractable disposition; otherwise...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

19 A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer. Here is the description of an unprofitable...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 29:19 . Doth not answer . Rather “ there is not an answer ,” that is in action, by obedience. Delitzsch translates “ doe...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 29:1 . He that being often reproved, hardeneth his neck. The Greeks have a similar proverb. Οι πολλα πταιοντες και μη κολαζομενοι φοβεισθ...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This chapter reinforces many precept given previously. Proverbs 29:1 He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck; literal...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Source of Evil Shown
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 19:16 ; Proverbs 26:3 ; Proverbs 30:22
Wells of Living Water Commentary

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:...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 29:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 29:19