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Proverbs 17:2

A Conservative Version

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

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He who gathers in summer is a wise son. He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.

Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who does not know how to receive admonition any more.

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

The king's favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath will be [to] him who causes shame.

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

He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. And a foolish man shall be servant to a wise man of heart.

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness with it, than a house full of feasting with strife.

The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but LORD tries the hearts.