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Proverbs 17:2

New International Version

A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son and will share the inheritance as one of the family.

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He who gathers crops in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.

Whoever brings ruin on their family will inherit only wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise.

A king delights in a wise servant, but a shameful servant arouses his fury.

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

The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tests the heart.

Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother is a child who brings shame and disgrace.

A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom, but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother.

Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to heed a warning.