Proverbs 17:2 (BSB)

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

From Proverbs 17. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 17:2

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 17:2: Note, 1. True merit does not go by dignity. All agree that the son in the family is more worthy than the servant (Joh 8:35), and yet sometimes it so happens that the servant is wise, and a blessing and credit to the family, when the son is a fool, and a burden and shame to the family.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 17:2: A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame,.... That does wicked and shameful actions: that is slothful, and will not attend to instruction or business; that is prodigal, wasteful, and luxurious, and causes shame to his parents, who blush at his conduct.
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 17:2: (Compare Pro 14:35). causeth shame-- (Pro 10:5). shall . . . inheritance--that is, share a brother's part (compare Num 27:4, Num 27:7).
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on 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. (b) That is, will be made governor over the children.