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Proverbs 17:2

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share an inheritance among brothers.

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The son who gathers during summer is prudent; the son who sleeps during harvest is disgraceful.

Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer pays attention to warnings.

The one who plunders his father and evicts his mother is a disgraceful and shameful son.

A king favours a prudent servant, but his anger falls on a disgraceful one.

A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a youth left to himself is a disgrace to his mother.

The one who brings ruin on his household will inherit the wind, and a fool will be a slave to someone whose heart is wise.

Better a dry crust with peace than a house full of feasting with strife.

A crucible for silver, and a smelter for gold, and the Lord is the tester of hearts.