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Proverbs 17:2

New American Bible - revised edition

A wise servant will rule over an unworthy son, and will share the inheritance of the children.

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A son who gathers in summer is a credit; a son who slumbers during harvest, a disgrace.

Those who trouble their household inherit the wind, and fools become slaves to the wise of heart.

The king favors the skillful servant, but the shameless one incurs his wrath.

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

The crucible for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the tester of hearts is the Lord.

Whoever mistreats a father or drives away a mother, is a shameless and disgraceful child.

The rod of correction gives wisdom, but uncontrolled youths disgrace their mothers.

Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows caution;