A moment in scripture
Proverbs 29:19
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A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 29:17
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
- Proverbs 29:18
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
- Proverbs 29:20
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
- Proverbs 29:21
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.