Proverbs 17:2
A servant who deals wisely shall have rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have part in the inheritance among the brothers.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
1Better is a dry morsel, and quietness with it, than a house full of feasting with strife.
3The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but LORD tries the hearts.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:5He who gathers in summer is a wise son. He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.
Proverbs 14:35The king's favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath will be [to] him who causes shame.
Proverbs 29:15The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 17:2
Falsehood and Oppression Reproved. 1 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. These words recommend family-love and peace, as conducing very much to the comfort of human life. 1. Those that live in unity and quietness, not only free from jealousies and animosities, but vying in mutual endearments, and obliging to one another, live very comfortably, though they are low in the world, work hard and fare hard, though they have but each of them a morsel, and that a… Read the whole commentary →