Proverbs 19:13

A foolish son is his father’s ruin,
and a wife’s nagging is an endless dripping.

Proverbs 21:9

Better to live on the corner of a roof
than to share a house with a nagging wife.

Proverbs 27:15

An endless dripping on a rainy day
and a nagging wife are alike.

Proverbs 10:1

Solomon’s proverbs:

A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish son, heartache to his mother.

Job 14:19

as water wears away stones
and torrents wash away the soil from the land,
so You destroy a man’s hope.

Proverbs 17:21

A man fathers a fool to his own sorrow;
the father of a fool has no joy.

Proverbs 17:25

A foolish son is grief to his father
and bitterness to the one who bore him.

Proverbs 21:19

Better to live in a wilderness
than with a nagging and hot-tempered wife.

2 Samuel 13:1-18

Some time passed. David’s son Absalom had a beautiful sister named Tamar, and David’s son Amnon was infatuated with her.

Proverbs 15:20

A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish man despises his mother.

Proverbs 25:24

Better to live on the corner of a roof
than to share a house with a nagging wife.

Ecclesiastes 2:18-19

I hated all my work that I labored at under the sun because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

Foolish

Proverbs 10:1
Solomon’s proverbs:

A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish son, heartache to his mother.
Proverbs 15:20
A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 17:21
A man fathers a fool to his own sorrow;
the father of a fool has no joy.
Ecclesiastes 2:18
I hated all my work that I labored at under the sun because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

The contentions

Proverbs 21:9
Better to live on the corner of a roof
than to share a house with a nagging wife.
Proverbs 25:24
Better to live on the corner of a roof
than to share a house with a nagging wife.
Proverbs 27:15
An endless dripping on a rainy day
and a nagging wife are alike.
Job 14:19
as water wears away stones
and torrents wash away the soil from the land,
so You destroy a man’s hope.

General references

Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son is grief to his father
and bitterness to the one who bore him.
Proverbs 25:24
Better to live on the corner of a roof
than to share a house with a nagging wife.
Matthew 19:10
His disciples said to Him, “If the relationship of a man with his wife is like this, it’s better not to marry!”

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