Proverbs 19:13 KJV

Proverbs · chapter 19 · verse 13 · King James Version

A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.Proverbs 19:13 · King James Version

Proverbs 19:13 in context

11The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

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.

contentionsmidyân{a contest or quarrel}H4079 →
continualṭâradto drive onH2956 →
calamityhavvâhby implication, of falling)H1942 →
foolishkᵉçîylproperly, fatH3684 →
fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
wifeʼishshâha womanH802 →