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
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Proverbs 15:20
A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Proverbs 17:21
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow; And the father of a fool hath no joy.
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.
The contentions
Proverbs 21:9
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
Proverbs 25:24
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
Proverbs 27:15
A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:
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.
General references
Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.
Proverbs 25:24
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
Matthew 19:10
The disciples say unto him, If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.