Proverbs 29:21

21 qui delicate a pueritia nutrit servum suum postea illum sentiet contumacem

Proverbs 29:21 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 29:21

He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child
In a very tender and affluent way uses him with great familiarity; makes him sit at table, with him, feeds him with dainties, and clothes him in the most handsome manner, as if he was one of his own children: shall have him become [his] son at the length:
he will expect to be used as a son; he will not care to do any servile work, or anything, especially that is hard and laborious; he will be for supplanting the son and heir, and think to inherit all himself; or, however, become proud, haughty, and saucy. Jarchi interprets this of the evil imagination, or the corruption of nature, which is in a man from a child; which, if cherished and not subdued, wilt in the issue rule over a man: and some apply it to the body; which, if delicately pampered, and not kept under, will be master of the soul, instead of servant to it, and its members be instruments of unrighteousness.

Proverbs 29:21 In-Context

19 servus verbis non potest erudiri quia quod dicis intellegit et respondere contemnit

20 vidisti hominem velocem ad loquendum stulti magis speranda est quam illius correptio

21 qui delicate a pueritia nutrit servum suum postea illum sentiet contumacem

22 vir iracundus provocat rixas et qui ad indignandum facilis est erit ad peccata proclivior

23 superbum sequitur humilitas et humilem spiritu suscipiet gloria