Proverbs 17:2
A wise servant will rule over a son who acts shamefully 1 and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers. 1
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1It is better to have quiet with a dry morsel of bread 1 than a house full of feasting with strife. 1
3The crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, 1 but Yahweh refines hearts. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 10:5A wise son gathers a crop in the summer, 1 but it is disgraceful for him to sleep during harvest. 1
Proverbs 14:35The favor of the king is with the servant who acts prudently, 1 but his anger is for the one who acts shamefully.
Proverbs 29:15The rod and reproof give wisdom, 1 but a child freed from discipline puts his mother to shame. 1
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 →