Servant — that is, a slave, whose obedience is reluctant. He may “understand” the words, but they produce no good effect. There is still lac…

A servant will not be corrected with words. — A slave must be corrected by sterner means; it is only fear of punishment w…

A servant will not be corrected by words Not by them only, especially one that is of a servile, surly, and untractable di…

Here is an unprofitable, slothful, wicked servant; one that does not serve from conscience or love, but from fear.