Proverbs 29:21

He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.

Cross-reference

Proverbs 29:15 Related theme

Proverbs 29:15 reinforces the principle of discipline: a child left unchecked brings shame, mirroring the warning against pampering a servant.

Proverbs 30:23 depicts a servant usurping authority, paralleling the social inversion warned about when a pampered servant becomes like a son.