Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
The contentions
General references
Bible References
Foolish
Proverbs 10:1
A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son is sadness unto his mother.
Proverbs 15:20
The wise son makes a glad father, but the foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 17:21
He that begets a fool does it to his sorrow, and the father of a fool shall have no joy.
Ecclesiastes 2:18
Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun, which I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
The contentions
Proverbs 21:9
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Proverbs 25:24
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
Proverbs 27:15
A continual dripping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Job 14:19
The impetuous waters break the stones and wash away the dust of the earth; in like manner thou dost cause man to lose hope.
General references
Proverbs 17:25
The foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her that bore him.
Proverbs 25:24
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
Matthew 19:10
His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.