Proverbs 19:13
19:12 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.
KJV
A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
What does Proverbs 19:13 mean?
Proverbs 19:13 is a verse in the book of Proverbs, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include כְּסִיל (kᵉçîyl), בֵּן (bên), הַוָּה (havvâh). It connects to 10 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.
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Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
1 Chronicles 28:9And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
2 Chronicles 7:17And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments;
Proverbs 4:2For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
Proverbs 28:4They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
Jeremiah 9:13And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;
Ezekiel 18:9Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 18:17That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
Ezekiel 20:19I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;
Luke 1:6And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
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Other verses that share key original-language words with Proverbs 19:13.
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Genesis 10:21Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
Genesis 11:29And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
Genesis 2:24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Genesis 3:16Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. to thy: or, subject to thy husband
Genesis 4:17And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. Enoch: Heb. Chanoch
Genesis 4:25And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. Seth: Heb. Sheth: that is Appointed, or, Put
Genesis 6:18But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
Frequently asked questions
What does Proverbs 19:13 say?
Proverbs 19:13 (King James Version) reads: "A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping."
Is Proverbs 19:13 in the Old or New Testament?
Proverbs 19:13 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Proverbs.
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