Proverbs 17:2
A servant who acts wisely will be put in charge of a disgraced son, and will share the family inheritance with the brothers.
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1Better to eat a dry scrap in peace than to feast in a house full of people arguing.
3A crucible tests silver, and a furnace tests gold, but the Lord tests the attitude of mind.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:5A son who gathers crops during the summer is sensible, but the one who sleeps during harvest brings disgrace.
Proverbs 14:35A servant who acts wisely is appreciated by the king, but he gets angry with a servant who acts disgracefully.
Proverbs 29:15Discipline and correction provide wisdom, but a son left undisciplined is an embarrassment 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 →