Proverbs 17:2

עֶֽבֶד ־ מַשְׂכִּיל יִמְשֹׁל בְּבֵן מֵבִישׁ וּבְתוֹךְ אַחִים יַחֲלֹק נַחֲלָֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

In Context

1טוֹב פַּת חֲרֵבָה וְשַׁלְוָה ־ בָהּ מִבַּיִת מָלֵא זִבְחֵי ־ רִֽיב ׃

3מַצְרֵף לַכֶּסֶף וְכוּר לַזָּהָב וּבֹחֵן לִבּוֹת יְהוָֽה ׃

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Cross References

Proverbs 10:5אֹגֵר בַּקַּיִץ בֵּן מַשְׂכִּיל נִרְדָּם בַּקָּצִיר בֵּן מֵבִֽישׁ ׃

Proverbs 14:35רְֽצוֹן ־ מֶלֶךְ לְעֶבֶד מַשְׂכִּיל וְעֶבְרָתוֹ תִּהְיֶה מֵבִֽישׁ ׃

Proverbs 29:15שֵׁבֶט וְתוֹכַחַת יִתֵּן חָכְמָה וְנַעַר מְשֻׁלָּח מֵבִישׁ אִמּֽוֹ ׃

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 →

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