Proverbs 17:2 - Catholic Public Domain Version

² A wise servant shall rule over foolish sons, and he will divide the inheritance among brothers.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, And shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² A wise servant shall have rule over a son who causes shame, and shall share in the inheritance among the brothers.

American Standard Version (1901)

² A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, And shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren.

Common English Bible

² An insightful servant rules over a disgraceful son and will divide an inheritance with the brothers.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² A wise servant shall rule over foolish sons, and shall divide the inheritance among the brethren.

English Standard Version 2016

² A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.

Proverbs 17:2 Cross References

Proverbs 10:5

He who gathers the harvest is a wise son. But he who snores in warm weather is a son of confusion.

Proverbs 11:29

Whoever troubles his own house will possess the winds. And whoever is foolish will serve the wise.

Proverbs 14:35

An intelligent minister is acceptable to the king. Whoever is useless shall bear his wrath.

Proverbs 17:1

A dry morsel with gladness is better than a house full of sacrifices along with conflict.

Proverbs 17:3

Just as silver is tested by fire, and gold is tested in the furnace, so also does the Lord test hearts.

Proverbs 19:26

Whoever afflicts his father and flees from his mother is disreputable and unhappy.

Proverbs 29:15

The rod and its correction distribute wisdom. But the child who is left to his own will brings shame to his mother.

Ecclesiastes 4:13

Better is a boy, poor and wise, than a king, old and foolish, who does not know to look ahead for the sake of posterity.