Proverbs 19:13
A foolish sonne is the calamitie of his father, and the contentions of a wife are like a continuall dropping.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 Kings wrath is like the roaring of a lyon: but his fauour is like the dewe vpon ye grasse.
14House and riches are the inheritance of the fathers: but a prudent wife commeth of the Lord.
Cross References
2 Samuel 13:1Now after this so it was, that Absalom the sonne of Dauid hauing a fayre sister, whose name was Tamar, Amnon the sonne of Dauid loued her.
Proverbs 10:1THE PARABLE OF SALOMON. A wise sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolish sonne is an heauines to his mother.
Proverbs 17:17A friende loueth at all times: and a brother is borne for aduersitie.
Proverbs 17:25A foolish sonne is a griefe vnto his father, and a heauines to her that bare him.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in the wildernesse, then with a contentious and angry woman.
Proverbs 27:15A continual dropping in the day of raine, 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 →