Proverbs 29:21
If a servant is gently cared for from his early years, he will become a cause of sorrow in the end.
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2 A servant who does wisely will have rule over a son causing shame, and will have his part in the heritage among brothers.
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19 A servant will not be trained by words; for though the sense of the words is clear to him, he will not give attention.
20 Have you seen a man who is quick with his tongue? There is more hope for a foolish man than for him.
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6 If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.
7 The man of wealth has rule over the poor, and he who gets into debt is a servant to his creditor.
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22 An angry man is the cause of fighting, and a man given to wrath does much wrong.
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29 The troubler of his house will have the wind for his heritage, and the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.
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18 If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment:
19 Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place;
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17 Give your son training, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your soul.
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20 If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant blows with a rod, causing death, he is certainly to undergo punishment.
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18 Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.
19 A man of great wrath will have to take his punishment: for if you get him out of trouble you will have to do it again.
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24 He who keeps back his rod is unkind to his son: the loving father gives punishment with care.
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10 Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.
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21 His sons come to honour, and he has no knowledge of it; they are made low, but he is not conscious of it.
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44 Truly I say to you, he will put him in control of all his goods.
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21 He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.
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21 A heritage may be got quickly at first, but the end of it will not be a blessing.
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22 A servant when he becomes a king; a man without sense when his wealth is increased;
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18 Whoever keeps a fig-tree will have its fruit; and the servant waiting on his master will be honoured.
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37 But after that he sent his son to them, saying, They will have respect for my son.
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47 Truly, I say to you, he will put him over all he has.
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53 And he will be with him as a servant working for payment year by year; his master is not to be cruel to him before your eyes.
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1 A man hating sharp words and making his heart hard, will suddenly be broken and will not be made well again.
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20 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.
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4 If his master gives him a wife, and he gets sons or daughters by her, the wife and her children will be the property of the master, and the servant is to go away by himself.
5 But if the servant says clearly, My master and my wife and children are dear to me; I have no desire to be free:
6 Then his master is to take him to the gods of the house, and at the door, or at its framework, he is to make a hole in his ear with a sharp-pointed instrument; and he will be his servant for ever.
7 And if a man gives his daughter for a price to be a servant, she is not to go away free as the men-servants do.
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24 The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.
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1 But I say that as long as the son is a child, he is in no way different from a servant, though he is lord of all;
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29 Have you seen a man who is expert in his business? he will take his place before kings; his place will not be among low persons.
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15 The rod and sharp words give wisdom: but a child who is not guided is a cause of shame to his mother.
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35 The king has pleasure in a servant who does wisely, but his wrath is against him who is a cause of shame.
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13 A young man who is poor and wise is better than a king who is old and foolish and will not be guided by the wisdom of others.
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21 Do not give ear to all the words which men say, for fear of hearing the curses of your servant.
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10 Do not say evil of a servant to his master, or he will put a curse on you, and you will get into trouble.
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9 He who is of low position and has a servant, is better than one who has a high opinion of himself and is in need of bread.
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25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.
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41 Then he will go out from you, he and his children with him, and go back to his family and to the property of his fathers.
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7 But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come now and be seated and have a meal,
8 Will he not say, Get a meal for me, and make yourself ready and see to my needs till I have had my food and drink; and after that you may have yours?
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15 Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.
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14 Give him blows with the rod, and keep his soul safe from the underworld.
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12 For to those who are dear to him the Lord says sharp words, and makes the son in whom he has delight undergo pain.
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23 He who says words of protest to a man will later have more approval than one who says smooth words with his tongue.
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26 He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.
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26 If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant a blow in the eye, causing its destruction, he is to let him go free on account of the damage to his eye.
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17 Then take a sharp-pointed instrument, driving it through his ear into the door, and he will be your servant for ever. And you may do the same for your servant-girl.