2A 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 wiseמַשְׂכִּ֗ילH7919Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singularservantעֶֽבֶד־H5650Noun - masculine singularwill rule overיִ֭מְשֹׁלH4910Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singulara disgracefulמֵבִ֑ישׁH954Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singularsonבְּבֵ֣ןH1121Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singularand shareיַחֲלֹ֥קH2505Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularhis inheritanceנַחֲלָֽה׃H5159Noun - feminine singularas one ofוּבְת֥וֹךְH8432Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructthe brothersאַ֝חִ֗יםH251Noun - masculine plural