Proverbs 19:13

A foolish son is ruin to his father 1 and a quarreling wife is a constant dripping of water. 1

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A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

In Context

12The wrath of the king is like the roaring of a young lion, 1 but his favor is like dew on the grass. 1

14A house and wealth are inherited from parents, 1 but a prudent wife is from Yahweh. 1

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Cross References

2 Samuel 13:1It came about after this that Amnon son of David was very attracted to his beautiful half-sister Tamar, who was a full sister of Absalom, another of David's sons.

Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon. 1 A wise son makes his father rejoice 1 but a foolish son brings grief to his mother. 1

Proverbs 17:17A friend is loving at all times 1 and a brother is born for times of trouble. 1

Proverbs 17:25A foolish son is a grief to his father 1 and bitterness to the woman who bore him. 1

Proverbs 21:19It is better to live in the desert 1 than with a quarreling and angry wife. 1

Proverbs 27:15A quarreling wife is like 1 the constant dripping on a rainy day; 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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