Proverbs 19:13
A calamity unto his father is a foolish son; and a continual dropping are the quarrels of a wife.
Leeser Tanakh
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
12Like the roaring of a young lion is the wrath of a king: as dew upon the herbs is his favor.
14House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers; but from the Lord [cometh] an intelligent wife.
Cross References
2 Samuel 13:1And it came to pass after this, that Abshalom the son of David had a handsome sister, whose name was Thamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth [his] father to rejoice; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
Proverbs 17:17A friend loveth at all times, and as a brother is he born for [the time of] distress.
Proverbs 17:25A foolish son is a vexation to his father, and bitterness to her that hath born him.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a quarrelsome and vexatious 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 →