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12 If a ruler hearkeneth to falsehood,
All his servants are wicked.

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12 A ruler listening to a word of falsehood,
    all his officials are wicked.

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19 A servant will not be corrected by words;
For though he understand, he will not [a]give heed.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:19 Hebrew answer.

19 By words, a servant is not disciplined,
    for he will understand, but there is no giving heed.

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21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child
Shall have him become [a]a son at the last.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:21 The meaning of the word is doubtful.

21 He who pampers his servant from childhood,
    arrogance will be his end.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 29:21 Literally “and its/his end will be arrogance”