Proverbs 17:2
A wise servant rules over a son causing shame, || And he apportions an inheritance in the midst of brothers.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
1Better [is] a dry morsel, and rest with it, || Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.
3A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, || And the trier of hearts [is] YHWH.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:5Whoever is gathering in summer [is] a wise son, || Whoever is sleeping in harvest [is] a son causing shame.
Proverbs 14:35The favor of a king [is] to a wise servant, || And one causing shame is an object of his wrath!
Proverbs 29:15A rod and reproof give wisdom, || And a youth let away is shaming 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 →