Proverbs 29:12
Legacy Standard Bible
12 If a (A)ruler pays attention to a lying word,
All his ministers become wicked.
Proverbs 29:12
Common English Bible
12 If a ruler listens to lies,
those who serve him will be wicked.
Proverbs 29:19
Legacy Standard Bible
19 A slave will not be corrected by words alone;
For though he understands, there will be no answer.
Proverbs 29:19
Common English Bible
19 Servants aren’t disciplined by words;
they might understand, but they don’t respond.
Proverbs 29:21
Legacy Standard Bible
21 He who pampers his slave from childhood
Will in the end find him to be [a]arrogant.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:21 Or a son
Proverbs 29:21
Common English Bible
21 Pamper servants from a young age,
and later on there will be trouble.
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