Proverbs 19:13
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כְּסִיל
kᵉçîyl
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
אֵיד
ʼêyd
oppression; by implication misfortune, ruin
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
תָּמִיד
tâmîyd
properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); ellipt. the regular...
Key Terms in This Verse
תָּמִיד tâmîyd
properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); ellipt. the regular (daily) sacrifice
Study H8548 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →בֵּן bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Study H1121 →Cross References
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
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