Proverbs 17:2

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.