Proverbs 17:2 “A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share his inherita…”

Proverbs 17:2

A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share his inheritance as one of the brothers.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.

American Standard Version

A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, And shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren.

Geneva Bible 1599

A discrete seruant shall haue rule ouer a lewde sonne, and hee shall deuide the heritage among the brethren.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

A wise servant ruleth over a son causing shame, And in the midst of brethren He apportioneth an inheritance.

Bible in Basic English

A servant who does wisely will have rule over a son causing shame, and will have his part in the heritage among brothers.

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Cross references

“wise”

Proverbs 14:35 Ecclesiastes 4:13 Proverbs 11:29 Genesis 24:4–67

Proverbs 14:35 · BSB

A king delights in a wise servant, but his anger falls on the shameful.

Ecclesiastes 4:13 · BSB

Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.

Proverbs 11:29 · BSB

He who brings trouble on his house will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.

Genesis 24:4–67 · BSB

but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.”

“that”

Proverbs 10:5 Proverbs 19:26 Proverbs 29:15

Proverbs 10:5 · BSB

He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.

Proverbs 19:26 · BSB

He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.

Proverbs 29:15 · BSB

A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.

3A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.

Read Proverbs 17