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Proverbs 29:18

29:17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. perish: or, is made naked

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Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but one who keeps the law is blessed.

Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keeps the law, happy is he.

29:19 A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.

What does Proverbs 29:18 mean?

Proverbs 29:18 is a verse in the book of Proverbs, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include חָזוֹן (châzôwn), עַם (ʻam), פָּרַע (pâraʻ). It connects to 6 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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Where
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is
no
vision,חָזוֹןchâzôwn/khaw-zone'/H2377a sight (mentally), i.e. a dream, revelation, or oracle
the
peopleעַםʻam/am/H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
perish:פָּרַעpâraʻ/paw-rah'/H6544to loosen; by implication, to expose, dismiss; figuratively, absolve, begin
but
he
that
keepethשָׁמַרshâmar/shaw-mar'/H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
the
law,תּוֹרָהtôwrâh/to-raw'/H8451a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
happyאֶשֶׁרʼesher/eh'-sher/H835happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
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Commentary on Proverbs 29:18

HENRY_FULL · Proverbs 29:18
David delivered to Asaph, at the bringing up of the ark to the place he had prepared for it ( 1 Chron. xvi. 34-36 ), "Gather us from among the heathen;" for we may suppose that in Saul's time there was a great dispersion of pious Israelites, when David was forced to wander. In this psalm we have, I. The preface to the narrative, speaking honour to God ( ver. 1, 2 ), comfort to the saints ( ver. 3 ), and the desire of the faithful towards God's favour, ver. 4, 5 . II. The narrative itself of the sins of Israel, aggravated by the great things God did for them, an account of which is intermixed. Their provocations at the Red Sea ( ver. 6-12 ), lusting ( ver. 13-15 ), mutinying ( ver. 16-18 ), worshipping the golden calf ( ver. 19-23 ), murmuring ( ver. 24-27 ), joining themselves to Baal-peor ( ver. 28-31 ), quarrelling with Moses ( ver. 32, 33 ), incorporating themselves with the nations of Canaan, ver. 34-39 . To this is added an account how God had rebuked them for their sins, and yet saved them from ruin, ver. 40-46 . III. The conclusion of the psalm with prayer and praise, ver. 47, 48 . It may be of use to us to sing this psalm, that, being put in mind by it of our sins, the sins of our land, and the sins of our fathers, we may be humbled before God and yet not despair of mercy, which even rebellious Israel often found with God. Praise for Divine Goodness. 1 Praise ye the Lord . O give thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. 2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord ? who can show forth all his praise? 3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times. 4 Remember me, O Lord , with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation; 5 That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.

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Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Nehemiah 9:5

Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

Job 5:9

Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: unsearchable: Heb. there is no search without: Heb. till there be no number

Job 26:14

Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

Romans 11:33

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

Ephesians 1:19

And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, his mighty power: Gr. the might of his power

Ephesians 3:18

May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Proverbs 29:18.

Amos 2:4

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:

Ezekiel 43:11

And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.

Ezekiel 44:24

And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.

Ezekiel 7:26

Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.

Lamentations 2:9

Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD.

Malachi 2:7

For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.

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What does Proverbs 29:18 say?

Proverbs 29:18 (King James Version) reads: "Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. perish: or, is made naked"

Is Proverbs 29:18 in the Old or New Testament?

Proverbs 29:18 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Proverbs.

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