Proverbs 17:2
A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.
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In Context
1Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.
3The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the hearts.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:5He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.
Proverbs 14:35The king’s favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath is toward one who causes shame.
Proverbs 29:15The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame 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 →