Proverbs 29:21 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²¹He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.

Proverbs 29:21 —

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Commentary

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

(vv. 21)

Note, 1. It is an imprudent thing in a master to be too fond of a servant, to advance him too fast, and admit him to be too familiar with him, to suffer him to be over-nice and curious in his diet, and clothing, and lodging, and so to bring him up delicately, because he is a favourite, and an agreeable servant; it should be remembered that he is a servant, and, by being thus indulged, will be spoi…

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

(vv. 21)

21. become his son--assume the place and privileges of one.