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 brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grieves his mother.
Proverbs 15:20
A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 17:21
The man who fathers a fool does so to his sorrow the father of a fool has no joy.
Ecclesiastes 2:18
Then I despised everything I had worked for on earth, that is, the things that I will leave to the person who will succeed me.
The contentions
Proverbs 21:9
It's better to live in a corner on the roof than to share a house with a contentious woman.
Proverbs 25:24
It's better to live in a corner on the roof than in a house with a contentious woman.
Proverbs 27:15
A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike.
Job 14:19
Water wears away stones; floods wash away topsoil from the land but you destroy the hope of human beings just like that!
General references
Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to his mother.
Proverbs 25:24
It's better to live in a corner on the roof than in a house with a contentious woman.
Matthew 19:10
His disciples asked him, "If that is the relationship of a man with his wife, it's not worth getting married!"