Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Pro 19:13 — A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.
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foolish   Pro 10:1; Pro 15:20; Pro 17:21,25; 2Sa 13-18; Ecc 2:18,19
the contentions   Pro 21:9,19; Pro 25:24; Pro 27:15; Job 14:19
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foolish
Pro 10:1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.
Pro 15:20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Pro 17:21 He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
Pro 17:25 A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
2Sa 13:1 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name [was] Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
2Sa 13:2 And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she [was] a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her.
2Sa 13:3 But Amnon had a friend, whose name [was] Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab [was] a very subtil man.
2Sa 13:4 And he said unto him, Why [art] thou, [being] the king's son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.
2Sa 13:5 And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see [it], and eat [it] at her hand.
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Ecc 2:18 Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
Ecc 2:19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise [man] or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This [is] also vanity.
the contentions
Pro 21:9 [It is] better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Pro 21:19 [It is] better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
Pro 25:24 [It is] better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
Pro 27:15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Job 14:19 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.

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Scott, Thomas. "Proverbs 19:13," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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