Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
Berean Standard Bible
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
12A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
14Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
Cross References
2 Samuel 13:1After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.
Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
Proverbs 17:17A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 17:25A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 21:19Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
Proverbs 27:15A constant dripping on a 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 →