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.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

2A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share his inheritance as one of the brothers.

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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

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