Proverbs 19:13 · KJV
“A foolish son {is} the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife {are} a continual dropping.”
— Proverbs 19:13
The king's wrath {is} as the roaring of a lion; but his favour {is} as dew upon the grass.
House and riches {are} the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife {is} from the LORD.
Proverbs 19 — Context
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and {it is} his glory to pass over a transgression. {discretion: or, prudence}
12The king's wrath {is} as the roaring of a lion; but his favour {is} as dew upon the grass.
13A foolish son {is} the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife {are} a continual dropping.
14House and riches {are} the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife {is} from the LORD.
15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Cross References
Proverbs 27:15
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Proverbs 21:9
{It is} better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. {a brawling...: Heb. a woman of contentions} {a wide...: Heb. an house of society}
Proverbs 25:24
{It is} better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son {is} the heaviness of his mother.
Proverbs 15:20
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
2 Samuel 13:1-18
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name {was} Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
Proverbs 21:19
{It is} better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman. {in...: Heb. in the land of the desert}
Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son {is} a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.