Proverbs 29:19-21
Good News Translation
19 (A)You cannot correct servants just by talking to them. They may understand you, but they will pay no attention.
20 There is more hope for a stupid fool than for someone who speaks without thinking.
21 If you give your servants everything they want from childhood on, some day they will take over everything you own.[a]
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- Proverbs 29:21 they … own; or you will not be able to control them.
Proverbs 29:19-21
New International Version
19 Servants cannot be corrected by mere words;
though they understand, they will not respond.
20 Do you see someone who speaks in haste?
There is more hope for a fool than for them.(A)
21 A servant pampered from youth
will turn out to be insolent.
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