Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
In Context
12The king's wrath is like the loud cry of a lion, but his approval is like dew on the grass.
14House and wealth are a heritage from fathers, but a wife with good sense is from the Lord.
Cross References
2 Samuel 13:1Now after this, it came about that Absalom, David's son, had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar; and David's son Amnon was in love with her.
Proverbs 10:1A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
Proverbs 17:17A friend is loving at all times, and becomes a brother in times of trouble.
Proverbs 17:25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to be living in a waste land, than with a bitter-tongued and angry woman.
Proverbs 27:15Like an unending dropping on a day of rain is a bitter-tongued woman.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:13
12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass. This is to the same purport with what we had ch. xvi. 14, 15 , and the design of it is, 1. To make kings wise and considerate in dispensing their frowns and smiles. They are not like those of common persons; their frowns are very terrible and their smiles very comfortable, and therefore it concerns them to be very careful that they never frighten a good man from doing well with their frowns, nor ever give countenance to a… Read the whole commentary →