Proverbs 19:13

Proverbs chapter 19 · verse 13 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

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

v.12The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass.

v.13This passage

v.14House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

2 Samuel 13:1
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.
Proverbs 21:9
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Ecclesiastes 2:18
And I hated all my labor wherein I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
Job 14:19
The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man.
Proverbs 17:21
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow; And the father of a fool hath no joy.