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 dullard, despiseth his own mother.
Proverbs 17:21
He that begetteth a dullard, it is to his own grief, neither can the father of the base, rejoice.
Ecclesiastes 2:18
Therefore hated, I, all my toil, wherein I was toiling, under the sun, - in that I should leave it for the man who should come after me;
The contentions
Proverbs 21:9
Better to dwell on the corner of the roof, than a quarrelsome wife, and a house in common.
Proverbs 27:15
A continuous dripping on a day of downpour, and a contentious wife, are alike:
Job 14:19
Stones, have been hollowed out by waters, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth, and, the hope of mortal man, thou hast destroyed:
General references
Proverbs 17:25
A vexation to his father, is the son that is a dullard, and a bitterness, to her that bare him.
Matthew 19:10
The disciples say unto him - If, so, is the cause of the husband with the wife, it is not expedient to marry.