Proverbs 19:13
A calamity to his father [is] a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.
Young's Literal Translation
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] a growl as of a young lion, And as dew on the herb his good-will.
14House and wealth [are] the inheritance of fathers, And from Jehovah [is] an understanding wife.
Cross References
2 Samuel 13:1And it cometh to pass afterwards that Absalom son of David hath a fair sister, and her name [is] Tamar, and Amnon son of David loveth her.
Proverbs 10:1Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son [is] an affliction to his mother.
Proverbs 17:17At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.
Proverbs 17:25A provocation to his father [is] a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him.
Proverbs 21:19Better to dwell in a wilderness land, Than [with] a woman of contentions and anger.
Proverbs 27:15A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions 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 →