THEOSISProverbs 19:13Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through.
הַוֺּ֣ת לְ֭אָבִיו בֵּ֣ן כְּסִ֑יל וְדֶ֥לֶף טֹ֝רֵ֗ד מִדְיְנֵ֥י אִשָּֽׁה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 21:9It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman, and in a common house.
- Prov 27:15Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike.
- Prov 10:1A wise son maketh the father glad: but a foolish son is the sorrow of his mother.
- Prov 17:21A fool is born to his own disgrace: and even his father shall not rejoice in a fool.
- Prov 21:19It is better to dwell in a wilderness, than with a quarrelsome and passionate woman.
- Job 14:19Waters wear away the stones, and with inundation the ground by little and little is washed away: so in like manner thou shalt destroy man.
- Prov 17:25A foolish son is the anger of the father: and the sorrow of the mother that bore him.
- Prov 25:24It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop: than with a brawling woman, and in a common house.