Proverbs 29:21

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“A servant pampered from his youth will bring grief in the end.”

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Read Proverbs 29:21 in the flow of Proverbs29 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Proverbs29 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“A servant pampered from his youth will bring grief in the end.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child Shall have him become a son at the last.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Whoso is bringing up his servant delicately, from youth, <FI>At<Fi> his latter end also he is continuator.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 29:21 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 15:3Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.”
  2. Proverbs 29:15A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
  3. Proverbs 30:23an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.
  4. Luke 7:2There a highly valued servant of a centurion was sick and about to die.
  5. 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.
  6. 1 Timothy 5:6But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.

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