THEOSISProverbs 17:2Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
A wise servant shall rule over foolish sons, and shall divide the inheritance among the brethren.
עֶֽבֶד־מַשְׂכִּ֗יל יִ֭מְשֹׁל בְּבֵ֣ן מֵבִ֑ישׁ וּבְת֥וֹךְ אַ֝חִ֗ים יַחֲלֹ֥ק נַחֲלָֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 10:5He that gathereth in the harvest, is a wise son: but he that snorteth in the summer, is the son of confusion.
- Eccl 4:13Better is a child that is poor and wise, than a king that is old and foolish, who knoweth not to foresee for hereafter.
- Prov 14:35A wise servant is acceptable to the king: he that is good for nothing shall feel his anger.
- Prov 19:26He that afflicteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is infamous and unhappy.
- Prov 11:29He that troubleth his own house, shall inherit the winds: and the fool shall serve the wise.
- Gen 24:4But that thou go to my own country and kindred, and take a wife from thence for my son Isaac.
- Gen 24:67Who brought her into the tent of Sara his mother, and took her to wife: and he loved her so much, that it moderated the sorrow which was occasioned by his mother's death.
- Prov 29:15The rod and reproof give wisdom: but the child that is left to his own will, bringeth his mother to shame.