Proverbs 19:13 “A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a c…”

Proverbs 19:13

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

A foolish sonne is the calamitie of his father, and the contentions of a wife are like a continuall dropping.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

A calamity to his father [is] a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.

Bible in Basic English

A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.

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Cross references

“foolish”

Proverbs 10:1 Proverbs 15:20 Proverbs 17:21 Proverbs 17:25 2 Samuel 13:1–18 Ecclesiastes 2:18

Proverbs 10:1 · BSB

The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.

Proverbs 15:20 · BSB

A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

Proverbs 17:21 · BSB

A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.

Proverbs 17:25 · BSB

A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.

2 Samuel 13:1–18 · BSB

After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.

Ecclesiastes 2:18 · BSB

I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

“the contentions”

Proverbs 21:9 Proverbs 27:15 Proverbs 25:24 Proverbs 21:19 Job 14:19

Proverbs 21:9 · BSB

Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

Proverbs 27:15 · BSB

A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—

Proverbs 25:24 · BSB

Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

Proverbs 21:19 · BSB

Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.

Job 14:19 · BSB

as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

14Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

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