Proverbs 17:2 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Proverbs 17:2 Krydshenvisninger

Proverbs 10:5

A son who gathers in summer is prudent, but a son who sleeps in harvest brings shame.

Proverbs 11:29

He who troubles his household will inherit wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise.

Proverbs 14:35

A servant who deals wisely has the king's favor, but his wrath falls on one who acts shamefully.

Proverbs 17:1

Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.

Proverbs 17:3

The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the Lord tries hearts.

Proverbs 19:26

He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.

Proverbs 29:15

The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

Ecclesiastes 4:13

Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who will no longer take advice,