Proverbs 29:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“A servant pampered from his youth will bring grief in the end.”
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“A servant pampered from his youth will bring grief in the end.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.”
King James Version · Public Domain“He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child Shall have him become a son at the last.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Whoso is bringing up his servant delicately, from youth, <FI>At<Fi> his latter end also he is continuator.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 29:21 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 15:3Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.”
- Proverbs 29:15A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
- Proverbs 30:23an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.
- Luke 7:2There a highly valued servant of a centurion was sick and about to die.
- Luke 16:3The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my position? I am too weak to dig and too ashamed to beg.
- 1 Timothy 5:6But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.
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