Proverbs 17:2
A wise servant shall have rule over foolish masters, and shall divide portions among brethren.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
3As silver and gold are tried in a furnace, so are choice hearts with the Lord.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:5A wise son is saved from heat: but a lawless son is blighted of the winds in harvest.
Proverbs 14:35An understanding servant is acceptable to a king; and by his good behaviour he removes disgrace.
Proverbs 29:15Stripes and reproofs give wisdom: but an erring child disgraces his parents.
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 →