Proverbs 29:21
21 If a servant is gently cared for from his early years, he will become a cause of sorrow in the end.
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21 If a servant is gently cared for from his early years, he will become a cause of sorrow in the end.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 29:21
Commentary on Proverbs 29:21
(Read Proverbs 29:21)
Good usage to a servant does not mean indulgence, which would ruin even a child. The body is a servant to the soul; those that humour it, and are over-tender of it, will find it forget its place.