Proverbs 19:13
11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
12 The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
- KJV
- A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
- WEB
- A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.
- ASV
- A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
- DARBY
- A foolish son is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
- BLB
- A foolish son [is] the ruin of his father, and the quarrels of a wife [are] a continual dripping.
- ÅB
- En uforstandig sønn er bare til ulykke for sin far, og en kvinnes tretter er et stadig takdrypp.
- OTB
- Et tåpelig barn er en fars undergang, og en kones krangler er som en konstant drypping.
- B1930
- En uforstandig sønn er bare til ulykke for sin far, og en kvinnes tretter er et stadig takdrypp.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 21:9
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Read in contextProverbs 27:15
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Read in contextProverbs 25:24
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
Read in contextProverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Read in contextProverbs 17:21
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
Read in contextProverbs 21:19
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
Read in context2 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.
Read in contextProverbs 17:25
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
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