Warnings and Instructions
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When a wise man has a controversy with a foolish man,
(e)The foolish man either rages or laughs, and there is no rest.
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19 (e)The foolish man either rages or laughs, and there is no rest.
A slave will not be instructed by words alone;
For though he understands, there will be no response.
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He who pampers his slave from childhood
Will in the end find him to be a son.
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Will in the end find him to be a son.
Footnotes:
a.
Proverbs 29:1: ['Lit ', and there is no remedy]
b.
Proverbs 29:2: ['Or ', become great]
c.
Proverbs 29:7: ['Lit ', knows the cause]
d.
Proverbs 29:7: ['Lit ', knowledge]
e.
Proverbs 29:9: ['Lit ', He]
f.
Proverbs 29:10: ['Lit ', seek his soul]
g.
Proverbs 29:11: ['Lit ', sends forth all his spirit]
h.
Proverbs 29:13: ['Lit ', meet together]
i.
Proverbs 29:15: ['Lit ', left to himself]
j.
Proverbs 29:16: ['Or ', become great]
k.
Proverbs 29:17: ['Lit ', give delight to]
l.
Proverbs 29:18: ['Or ', revelation]
m.
Proverbs 29:25: ['Lit ', gives]
n.
Proverbs 29:26: ['Lit ', face]
Cross references:
AC.
Proverbs 29:20:
James 1:19
AF.
Proverbs 29:23:
Proverbs 11:2; Proverbs 16:18; Daniel 4:30; Daniel 4:31; Matthew 23:12; James 4:6