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Proverbs 19:13 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 19 · verse 13
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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- 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 →
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It is an instance of the vanity of the world that we are liable to the greatest grief in those things wherein we promise ourselves the greatest comfort. It is as it proves. What greater temporal comfort can a man have than a good wife and good children? Yet, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary