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Proverbs 17:2

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

A slave who deals wisely will rule over a child who acts shamefully and will share the inheritance as one of the family.

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A child who gathers in summer is prudent, but a child who sleeps in harvest brings shame.

Those who trouble their households will inherit wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise.

A servant who deals wisely has the king’s favor, but his wrath falls on one who acts shamefully.

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

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

Those who do violence to their father and chase away their mother are children who cause shame and bring reproach.

The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a mother is disgraced by a neglected child.

Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who will no longer take advice.