The wise servant is more deserving, and more likely to appear one of the family, than a profligate son.
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Proverbs 17:2
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commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 17:1-28EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 17:1-9Traits of outward dad inward happiness. Happiness depends more on the inward state than on the outward condition Hence— I. CONTENTMENT AS AN ELEMENT OF HAPPINESS. (Proverbs 17:1.) The dry morsel, with rest and quiet in…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 17:2Note, 1. True merit does not go by dignity. All agree that the son in the family is more worthy than the servant (John 8:35), and yet sometimes it so happens that the servant is wise, and a blessing and credit to the fa…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 17:2A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame. Here is intimated the supremacy of wisdom over folly and vice. The contrast is better emphasized by translating, A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rul…Joseph S. Exell and contributors