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Proverbs 19:13

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.

Proverbs 19:13 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Proverbs 19:13

Theological / Devotional

Calamity. Heb. hawwoth, "engulfing ruin," "destruction." Compare chs. 10:1; 15:20; 17:21, 25.

Continual dropping. Leaking roofs were common in the East, and the constant dripping tried the nerves of the inhabitants much as does a nagging woman (see ch. 27:15).

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