2 A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share his inheritance as one of the brothers.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 17:2
Wisdom in Household Peace, Tested Hearts, Just Speech, and Relational Restraint
The chapter moves through household peace, divine heart-testing, speech and poverty, family honor, bribery and love, rebuke and folly, quarrels and justice, friendship and surety, conflict and grief, crooked justice, wandering folly, and restrained speech.
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Verse 2
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A wise מַשְׂכִּ֗יל H7919 Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular servant עֶֽבֶד־ H5650 Noun - masculine singular will rule over יִ֭מְשֹׁל H4910 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular a disgraceful מֵבִ֑ישׁ H954 Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular son בְּבֵ֣ן H1121 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular and share יַחֲלֹ֥ק H2505 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular his inheritance נַחֲלָֽה׃ H5159 Noun - feminine singular as one of וּבְת֥וֹךְ H8432 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct the brothers אַ֝חִ֗ים H251 Noun - masculine plural