A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
Ver. 2. A wise servant shall have rule over a son, &c.] God hath a very gracious respect unto faithful servants, and hath promised them "the reward of inheritance," Col 3:24 which properly belongs to sons. This happens sometimes here, as to Joseph, Joshua, those subjects that married Solomon's daughters; 1 Kings 4:10 ; 1Ki 4:14 but infallibly hereafter, when "they shall come from east and west to sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven," and to "enter into their Master's joy," "but the children of the kingdom shall be cast out." Mat 8:11-12