Proverbs 17:2
Proverbs chapter 17 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000A 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 · 1611A 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 · 1901A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, And shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren.
Context
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.