Proverbs 17:2

Proverbs chapter 17 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.1Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife.

v.2This passage

v.3The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; But Jehovah trieth the hearts.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 11:29

    He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind; And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Proverbs 19:26

    He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.

  • Proverbs 29:15

    The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.

  • Genesis 24:4

    but thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.

  • Proverbs 10:5

    He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; Buthe that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

  • Ecclesiastes 4:13

    Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.