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
KJV
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.
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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Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
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 5:9Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: unsearchable: Heb. there is no search without: Heb. till there be no number
Job 26:14Lo, 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 11:33O 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 1:19And 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 3:18May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
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Other verses that share key original-language words with Proverbs 29:18.
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 43:11And 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 44:24And 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 7:26Mischief 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 2:9Her 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 2:7For 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.
Frequently asked questions
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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