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SERVANT - i. e., A slave, whose obedience is reluctant. He may
“understand” the words, but they produce no good effect. There is
still lacking the true “answer” of obedience....
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CHAPTER 29 THE FINAL INSTRUCTIONS
These final instructions given in proverbs cover the similar ground as
those in the previous Chapter s. Wisdom shines out in each, and the
contents of every proverb s...
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PROVERBS 29:2. _cf._ Proverbs 11:10 f., Proverbs 28:12.
Proverbs 29:4. he that exacteth gifts: lit. a man of presen
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_words_ He needs sterner measures.
_answer_ i.e. respond in work and action: _give heed_, R.V.; οὐχ
ὑπακούσεται, LXX. The Vulg. appears to understand it, as
do some commentators, literally he will no...
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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 reproofs or threats; for though he hear, and understand...
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TEXT Proverbs 29:19-27
19.
A servant will not be corrected by words;
For though he understand, he will not give heed.
20.
Seest thou a man that is hasty in words?
There is more hope of a fool th...
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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, enslaved to
lust, who does no duty from love, but only wh...
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KINGS AND FATHERS
3. Cp. the prodigal son (Luke 15)....
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Sir 33:24-29 recommends blows....
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Sometimes people cannot understand our words. They need to see our
actions.
This servant might be a child. So the master must punish his servant
as a child. The servant’s punishment should be fair. T...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 29
V1 A man might refuse to change his behaviour, even if many people try
to correct him.
A terrible trouble will suddenly ruin that man’s lif...
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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 though he understand, he will not answer,” will not
re...
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בִּ֭ דְבָרִים לֹא ־יִוָּ֣סֶר עָ֑בֶד
כִּֽי ־י֝
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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
THE form of the proverb shows that we are not to treat the...
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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 convinced of the absolute accuracy of the sentiment.
Vers...
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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....
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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 hope of a fool than of him. He that delicately bringet...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
followe...
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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 good servant, and well disposed to his
master, and...
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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 servants
will not, but must have blows. If words will...
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_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 though he hear, and understand too, what you say, yet he...
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THE SOURCE OF EVIL SHOWN...
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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 attention to an ordinary statement or reproof....
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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 dwells more upon results, that is the recompenses of...
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Proverbs 29:19 servant H5650 corrected H3256 (H8735) words H1697
understands H995 (H8799) respond H4617
servant -...
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: Those who never regard the Word of God are an easy prey to
the enemy of souls. A confidence in God and His Word enables one to
look...
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Proverbs 29:1. _He that being often reproved, hardeneth his neck._ The
Greeks have a similar proverb. Οι πολλα πταιοντες
και μη κολαζομενοι φοβεισθαι και
δεδοικεναι οφειλουοιν. Αυξεται γαρ
αυτοις τα τ...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 29:19. DOTH NOT ANSWER. Rather “_there is not an
answer_,” that is in action, by obedience. Delitzsch translates
“_does not conform thereto_”
PROVERBS 29:21. A SON, etc. The...
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EXPOSITION
This chapter reinforces many precept given previously.
PROVERBS 29:1
HE THAT BEING OFTEN REPROVED HARDENETH HIS NECK; literally, _a man of
reproofs—_one_ _who has had a long experience of...
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He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be
destroyed, and that without remedy (Proverbs 29:1).
That is a heavy, heavy proverb. The person that is often reproved by
God. How ma...
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Job 19:16; Proverbs 26:3; Proverbs 30:22...
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THE WAY OF THE RIGHTEOUS
Proverbs 29:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. The time when God shall say "it is enough." Our verse, as a whole,
reads thus: "He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall
su...
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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 he know thy mind, and his own duty....