Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Darby Translation
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 displeasure is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
14House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers; but a prudent wife is from Jehovah.
Cross References
2 Samuel 13:1And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David having a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar, Amnon the son of David loved her.
Proverbs 10:1The Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
Proverbs 17:17The friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 17:25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in a desert land. than with a contentious and irritable woman.
Proverbs 27:15A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:
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 →