Proverbs 17:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share his inheritance as one of the brothers.”
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“A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share his inheritance as one of the brothers.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.”
King James Version · Public Domain“A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, And shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A wise servant ruleth over a son causing shame, And in the midst of brethren He apportioneth an inheritance.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 17:2 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 24:4but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.”
- Proverbs 10:5He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
- Proverbs 11:29He who brings trouble on his house will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.
- Proverbs 14:35A king delights in a wise servant, but his anger falls on the shameful.
- Proverbs 19:26He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.
- Proverbs 29:15A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
- Ecclesiastes 4:13Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).