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 grief 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 vile man hath no joy.
Ecclesiastes 2:18
And I hated all my labour wherewith I had been toiling under the sun, because 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 contentious woman, and a house in common.
Proverbs 25:24
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common.
Proverbs 27:15
A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:
Job 14:19
The waters wear the stones, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth; and 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 bore him.
Proverbs 25:24
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common.
Matthew 19:10
His disciples say to him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.