Proverbs 19:13
הַוֺּת לְאָבִיו בֵּן כְּסִיל וְדֶלֶף טֹרֵד מִדְיְנֵי אִשָּֽׁה ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
12נַהַם כַּכְּפִיר זַעַף מֶלֶךְ וּכְטַל עַל ־ עֵשֶׂב רְצוֹנֽוֹ ׃
14בַּיִת וָהוֹן נַחֲלַת אָבוֹת וּמֵיְהוָה אִשָּׁה מַשְׂכָּֽלֶת ׃
Cross References
2 Samuel 13:1וַיְהִי אַֽחֲרֵי ־ כֵן וּלְאַבְשָׁלוֹם בֶּן ־ דָּוִד אָחוֹת יָפָה וּשְׁמָהּ תָּמָר וַיֶּאֱהָבֶהָ אַמְנוֹן בֶּן ־ דָּוִֽד ׃
Proverbs 10:1מִשְׁלֵי שְׁלֹמֹה פ בֵּן חָכָם יְשַׂמַּח ־ אָב וּבֵן כְּסִיל תּוּגַת אִמּֽוֹ ׃
Proverbs 17:17בְּכָל ־ עֵת אֹהֵב הָרֵעַ וְאָח לְצָרָה יִוָּלֵֽד ׃
Proverbs 17:25כַּעַס לְאָבִיו בֵּן כְּסִיל וּמֶמֶר לְיוֹלַדְתּֽוֹ ׃
Proverbs 21:19טוֹב שֶׁבֶת בְּאֶֽרֶץ ־ מִדְבָּר מֵאֵשֶׁת מדונים וָכָֽעַס ׃
Proverbs 27:15דֶּלֶף טוֹרֵד בְּיוֹם סַגְרִיר וְאֵשֶׁת מדונים נִשְׁתָּוָֽה ׃
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 →