Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is a calamity to his father, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Noyes 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
12The wrath of a king is like the roaring of a lion; But his favor, like dew upon the grass.
14Houses and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from the LORD.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:1The Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father, But a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
Proverbs 17:17A friend loveth at all times; But in adversity he is born a brother.
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 fretful woman.
Proverbs 27:15A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a quarrelsome wife 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 →