Proverbs 17:2 - Modern King James Version

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

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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 who gathers in summer is a wise son; but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.

Proverbs 11:29

He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind; and the fool shall be servant to the wise in heart.

Proverbs 14:35

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

Proverbs 17:1

Better is a dry piece of bread, and quietness with it, than a house full of sacrifices with fighting.

Proverbs 17:3

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

Proverbs 19:26

He who assaults his father and chases away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.

Proverbs 29:15

The rod and rebuke give wisdom, but a boy sent off causes shame to his mother.

Ecclesiastes 4:13

A poor and a wise child is better than an old and foolish king, who will not be warned any more.