Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is the grief of his father. And an argumentative wife is like a roof that is continually leaking.
Catholic Public Domain Version
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
14A house and its riches are given by parents. But a prudent wife is particularly from the Lord.
Cross References
2 Samuel 13:1Now after these things, it happened that Amnon, the son of David, was in love with the very beautiful sister of Absalom, the son of David, and she was called Tamar.
Proverbs 10:1A wise son gladdens the father. Yet truly, a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
Proverbs 17:17Whoever is a friend loves at all times. And a brother is proved by distress.
Proverbs 17:25A foolish son is the anger of the father and the grief of the mother who conceived him.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to live in a deserted land, than with a quarrelsome and emotional woman.
Proverbs 27:15A roof leaking on a cold day, and an argumentative woman, are comparable.
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 →