Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
14House and riches are given by parents: but a prudent wife is properly from the Lord.
Cross References
2 Samuel 13:1And it came to pass after this, that Amnon the son of David loved the sister of Absalom the son of David, who was very beautiful, and her name was Thamar.
Proverbs 10:1A wise son maketh the father glad: but a foolish son is the sorrow of his mother.
Proverbs 17:17He that is a friend loveth at all times: and a brother is proved in distress.
Proverbs 17:25A foolish son is the anger of the father: and the sorrow of the mother that bore him.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in a wilderness, than with a quarrelsome and passionate woman.
Proverbs 27:15Roofs dropping through in a cold 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 →