Proverbs 29:19
¶ A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
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Referenced Verses
- Job 19:16 : 16 I called my servant, and he gave [me] no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.
- Prov 26:3 : 3 ¶ A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
- Prov 30:22 : 22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Prov 29:20-212 verses77%
20¶ Seest thou a man [that is] hasty in his words? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.
21¶ He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become [his] son at the length.
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10¶ Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
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1¶ He, that being often reproved hardeneth [his] neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
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21Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
- Prov 26:3-53 verses74%
3¶ A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
4¶ Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
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20Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.
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6A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
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22For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
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14Now he hath not directed [his] words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.
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9¶ Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
- Prov 29:17-182 verses72%
17¶ Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
18¶ Where [there is] no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy [is] he.
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14Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth [are] no reproofs.
- Prov 29:11-122 verses72%
11¶ A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise [man] keepeth it in till afterwards.
12¶ If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants [are] wicked.
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32¶ He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
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18¶ Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
- Prov 17:27-282 verses71%
27¶ He that hath knowledge spareth his words: [and] a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
28Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: [and] he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding.
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9¶ [If] a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, [there is] no rest.
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18¶ If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and [that], when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
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10¶ Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
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12And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
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29¶ He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool [shall be] servant to the wise of heart.
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5¶ A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
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19He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
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19¶ In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips [is] wise.
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11My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
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1¶ A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
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25¶ Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.
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19¶ A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver [him], yet thou must do it again.
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2¶ A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
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13¶ He that answereth a matter before he heareth [it], it [is] folly and shame unto him.
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27Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.
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10¶ A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
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17The words of wise [men are] heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
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12¶ A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
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9[Exhort] servants to be obedient unto their own masters, [and] to please [them] well in all [things]; not answering again;
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16I called my servant, and he gave [me] no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.
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1¶ A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
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17¶ He [is in] the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
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29¶ [He that is] slow to wrath [is] of great understanding: but [he that is] hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
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22¶ Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] will not his foolishness depart from him.
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16¶ If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
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33If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.
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19Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending [them]; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.
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9Be ye not as the horse, [or] as the mule, [which] have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.