Proverbs 17:2
A wise servant ruleth over a son causing shame, And in the midst of brethren He apportioneth an inheritance.
Young's Literal Translation
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] Jehovah.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:5Whoso is gathering in summer [is] a wise son, Whoso is sleeping in harvest [is] a son causing shame.
Proverbs 14:35The favour of a king [is] to a wise servant, And an object of his wrath is one causing shame!
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 →