Proverbs 19:13

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

A foolish {H3684} son {H1121} is the calamity {H1942} of his father {H1}: and the contentions {H4079} of a wife {H802} are a continual {H2956} dropping {H1812}.

A son who is a fool is his father's ruin, and a nagging wife is like a leak that keeps dripping.

A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.

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

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 21:9 (7 votes)

    ¶ [It is] better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

  • Proverbs 27:15 (7 votes)

    ¶ A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

  • Proverbs 10:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.

  • Proverbs 17:21 (3 votes)

    ¶ He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

  • Proverbs 21:19 (3 votes)

    ¶ [It is] better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

  • Job 14:19 (3 votes)

    The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow [out] of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

  • Proverbs 17:25 (3 votes)

    ¶ A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.