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Proverbs 19:13
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A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife's quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.
A foolish sonne is the calamitie of his father, and the contentions of a wife are like a continuall dropping.
A foolish son is his father’s ruin,and a wife’s nagging is an endless dripping.
A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.
A foolish son brings a flood of troubles to his father, and a complaining wife is like the constant dripping of water.
A foolish (ungodly) son is destruction to his father, And the contentions of a [quarrelsome] wife are like a constant dripping [of water].
A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
A foolish son brings disgrace to his father. A nagging wife goes on and on like the drip, drip, drip of the rain.
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 the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
A foolish sonne is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continuall dropping.
A foolish son is a disgrace to his father: vows paid out of the hire of a harlot are not pure.
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
A foolish son is his father's ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
A foolish child is a ruin to his father, and the quarreling of a woman is a continuous dripping.
A foolish son is a ruin to his father, and a wife's quarreling a never ending dripping.
A foolish child brings disaster to a father, and a quarreling wife is like dripping water.
A foolish child is the ruin of his father, and a contentious wife is like a constant dripping.
A foolish son is the ruin of his father, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.
A foolish child is a calamity to a father; a quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping.
A foolish son destroys his father. The arguing of a wife is like water falling drop by drop all the time.
Engulfing ruin to his father, is a son that is a dullard, - and, a continuous dripping, are the contentions of a wife.
A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through.
A foolish son is a disgrace to his father; and the contentions of a wife are like drippings.
Stupid children can bring their parents to ruin. A nagging wife is like water going drip-drip-drip.
A foolish son is destruction to his father, And the quarrels of a wife are a constant dripping.
An vndiscrete sonne is the heauinesse of his father, and a brawlyng wyfe is like the toppe of an house wherthrough it is euer dropping.
A stupid child is ruin to a father, and a wife's quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.
A foolish son is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
The sorewe of the fadir is a fonned sone; and roofes droppynge contynueli is a womman ful of chiding.
A calamity to his father [is] a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.
A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.
A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife's quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.
A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.
A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.
An vndiscrete sonne is ye heuynes of his father, & a braulynge wife is like the topp of an house, where thorow it is euer droppynge.
A parent is worn to a frazzle by a stupid child; a nagging spouse is a leaky faucet.
A foolish son is destruction to his father, And the contentions of a wife are a constant dripping.
A foolish son is destruction to his father,And the contentions of a wife are a constant dripping.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
foolish: Proverbs 10:1, Proverbs 15:20, Proverbs 17:21, Proverbs 17:25, 2 Samuel 13:1 - 2 Samuel 18:33, Ecclesiastes 2:18, Ecclesiastes 2:19
the contentions: Proverbs 21:9, Proverbs 21:19, Proverbs 25:24, Proverbs 27:15, Job 14:19
Reciprocal: Proverbs 12:4 - virtuous Proverbs 14:1 - the foolish Proverbs 14:35 - king's Proverbs 30:23 - an odious Matthew 19:10 - General
Cross-References
But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.
And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:
And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father,.... Or, "the calamities of his father" q; he brings them to him. A very great affliction he is, and which has many distresses and sorrows in it; as loss of reputation and credit in his family, which is sunk by his behaviour, instead of being supported and increased; loss of substance, through extravagance and riotous living, and the ruin of his soul and body by his wicked practices; see Proverbs 10:1;
and the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping; or like the dropping of rain, in a rainy day, into a house out of repair, and which is very uncomfortable to, the inhabitants of it; see Proverbs 27:15. Such are the contentions of a peevish, ill natured, and brawling wife, who is always scolding; and which is a continual vexation to a man, and renders him very uneasy in life: such a continual dropping was Xantippe to Socrates, who teased him night and day with her brawls and contentions r. A great unhappiness each of these must be!
q ×××ת "calamitates", Vatablus; "aerumnae", Piscator, Michaelis; "causa aerumnarum", Junius & Tremellius. r A. Gell. Noct. Attic. l. 1. c. 17.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Calamity - The Hebrew word is plural (as in Psalms 57:1; Psalms 91:3), and seems to express the multiplied and manifold sorrow caused by the foolish son.
Continual dropping - The irritating, unceasing, sound of the fall, drop after drop, of water through the chinks in the roof.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 19:13. The contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. — The man who has got such a wife is like a tenant who has got a cottage with a bad roof, through every part of which the rain either drops or pours. He can neither sit, stand, work, nor sleep, without being exposed to these droppings. God help the man who is in such a case, with house or wife!
