Proverbios 29:21

21 Quien consiente a su criado cuando este es niño,al final habrá de lamentarlo.^[a]

Proverbios 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.

Proverbios 29:21 In-Context

19 No solo con palabras se corrige al siervo;aunque entienda, no obedecerá.

20 ¿Te has fijado en los que hablan sin pensar?¡Más se puede esperar de un necio que de gente así!

21 Quien consiente a su criado cuando este es niño,al final habrá de lamentarlo.

22 El hombre iracundo provoca peleas;el hombre violento multiplica sus crímenes.

23 El altivo será humillado,pero el humilde será enaltecido.

Footnotes

• [a] Texto de difícil traducción.