A foolish son is his father's ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping. Cross References Proverbs 17:21 A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy. Proverbs 17:25 A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him. Proverbs 21:9 Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife. Proverbs 21:19 Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife. Proverbs 27:15 A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike-- Treasury of Scripture A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. foolish Proverbs 10:1 Proverbs 15:20 Proverbs 17:21,25 the contentions Proverbs 21:9,19 Proverbs 25:24 Proverbs 27:15 |