Proverbs 17:2
A discrete seruant shall haue rule ouer a lewde sonne, and hee shall deuide the heritage among the brethren.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
1Better is a dry morsell, if peace be with it, then an house full of sacrifices with strife.
3As is the fining pot for siluer, and the fornace for golde, so the Lord trieth the heartes.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:5He that gathereth in sommer, is the sonne of wisdome: but he that sleepeth in haruest, is the sonne of confusion.
Proverbs 14:35The pleasure of a King is in a wise seruant: but his wrath shalbe toward him that is lewde.
Proverbs 29:15The rodde and correction giue wisdome: but a childe set a libertie, maketh his mother ashamed.
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 →