Proverbs 29:19 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁹A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.

Proverbs 29:19 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 26:3
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
Job 19:16
I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.
Proverbs 30:22
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 19)

Here is the description of an unprofitable, slothful, wicked servant, a slave that serves not from conscience, or love, but purely from fear. Let those that have such servants put on patience to bear the vexation and not disturb themselves at it. See their character. 1. No rational words will work upon them; they will not be corrected and reformed, not brought to their business, nor cured of their…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 19)

19. A servant--who lacks good principle. corrected--or discovered. will not answer--that is, will not obey.