Proverbs 17:2
An intelligent servant will have rule over a son that bringeth shame, and among the brothers will he have part of the inheritance.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
3The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but the Lord probeth the hearts.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:5He that gathereth in summer is an intelligent son; [but] he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Proverbs 14:35The king's favor is bestowed on an intelligent servant; but his wrath is against him that deserveth shame.
Proverbs 29:15The rod and reproof impart wisdom; but a lad abandoned to himself bringeth shame on 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 →