King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 29:19
“A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 29
17
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
18
Where [there is] no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy [is] he.
19
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
20
Seest thou a man [that is] hasty in his words? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.
21
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become [his] son at the length.