Proverbs 17:2

New King James Version

²A wise servant will rule over ^(A)a son who causes shame,
And will share an inheritance among the brothers.

Proverbs 17:2

Authorized (King James) Version

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

¹⁰^(A)Rebuke is more effective for a wise man
Than a hundred blows on a fool.

¹⁰A reproof entereth more into a wise man
than an hundred stripes into a fool.

New King James Version (NKJV)

Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

KJV reproduced by permission of Cambridge University Press, the Crown’s patentee in the UK.