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Pro 17:2 — A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

wise		Pro 11:29; Pro 14:35; Gen 24:4-67; Ecc 4:13
that		Pro 10:5; Pro 19:26; Pro 29:15

Correlating Passages

wise

	Pro 11:29	He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool [shall be] servant to the wise of heart.
	Pro 14:35	The king's favour [is] toward a wise servant: but his wrath is [against] him that causeth shame.
	Gen 24:4	But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
	Gen 24:5	And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?
	Gen 24:6	And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
	Gen 24:7	The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
	Gen 24:8	And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
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	Ecc 4:13	Better [is] a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

that

	Pro 10:5	He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame.
	Pro 19:26	He that wasteth [his] father, [and] chaseth away [his] mother, [is] a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
	Pro 29:15	The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left [to himself] bringeth his mother to shame.

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Scott, Thomas. "Proverbs 17:2," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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