Proverbs 17:2
"A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren."
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- Proverbs 10:5
"He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 14:35
"The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 4:13
"Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 19:26
"He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 29:15
"The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 11:29
"He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 24:4
"But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac."
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