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Proverbs 29:21
He who pampers his servant from youth will have him become a son in the end.
Proverbs 29:21 · World English Bible
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Proverbs 29:21 in other translations
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
A servant pampered from his youth will bring grief in the end.
He who pampers his servant from youth will have him become a son in the end.
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In context
18 Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but one who keeps the law is blessed.
19 A servant can’t be corrected by words. Though he understands, yet he will not respond.
20 Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
21 He who pampers his servant from youth will have him become a son in the end.
22 An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.
23 A man’s pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.
24 Whoever is an accomplice of a thief is an enemy of his own soul. He takes an oath, but dares not testify.
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