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Proverbs 29:19
A slave will not be corrected by words: because he understandeth what thou sayest, and will not answer.
Proverbs 29:19 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Proverbs 29:19 in other translations
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond.
A servant can’t be corrected by words. Though he understands, yet he will not respond.
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In context
16 When the wicked are multiplied, crimes shall be multiplied: but the just shall see their downfall.
17 Instruct thy son and he shall refresh thee, and shall give delight to thy soul.
18 When prophecy shall fail, the people shall be scattered abroad: but he that keepeth the law, is blessed.
19 A slave will not be corrected by words: because he understandeth what thou sayest, and will not answer.
20 Hast thou seen a man hasty to speak? folly is rather to be looked for, than his amendment.
21 He that nourisheth his servant delicately from his childhood, afterwards shall find him stubborn.
22 A passionate man provoketh quarrels: and he that is easily stirred up to wrath, shall be more prone to sin.
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