“He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.”
Proverbs 29:21 (KJV) |
Proverbs 29:21
From Proverbs 29, in the Book of Proverbs (Old Testament).
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A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.