Proverbs 19:13

A foolish son is a disgrace to his father: 1 Vows paid out of the hire of a harlot are not pure. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 threatening of a king is like the roaring of a lion; 1 But as dew on the grass, so is his favor. 1

14Fathers divide house and substance to their children: 1 But a wife is suited to a man by the Lord. 1

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Cross References

2 Samuel 13:1And it happened after this that Absalom the son of David had a very beautiful sister, and her name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.

Proverbs 10:1A wise son makes his father glad: 1 But a foolish son is a grief to his mother. 1

Proverbs 17:17Have thou a friend for every time, 1 And let brethren be useful in distress; 1 For on this account are they born. 1

Proverbs 17:25A foolish son is a cause of anger to his father, 1 And grief to her that bore him. 1

Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in a wilderness 1 Than with a quarrelsome and talkative and passionate woman. 1

Proverbs 27:15On a stormy day drops of rain drive a man out of his house; 1 So also does a railing woman drive a man out of his own house. 1

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 →

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