Proverbs 17:2 - King James 2000

² A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causes shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, And shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² A wise servant shall have rule over a son who causes shame, and shall share in the inheritance among the brothers.

American Standard Version (1901)

² A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, And shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren.

Common English Bible

² An insightful servant rules over a disgraceful son and will divide an inheritance with the brothers.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² A wise servant shall rule over foolish sons, and he will divide the inheritance among brothers.

Proverbs 17:2 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 10:5

He that gathers in summer is a wise son: but he that sleeps in harvest is a son that causes shame.

Proverbs 11:29

He that troubles his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

Proverbs 14:35

The king's favor is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causes shame.

Proverbs 17:1

Better is a dry morsel, with quietness, than a house full of sacrifices with strife.

Proverbs 17:3

The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD tries the hearts.

Proverbs 19:26

He that mistreats his father, and chases away his mother, is a son that causes shame, and brings reproach.

Proverbs 29:15

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself brings his mother to shame.

Ecclesiastes 4:13

Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no longer be admonished.