Pro 19:13 | MHM | STEP | Family Troubles: A Foolish Son and a Quarrelsome Wife This verse shows that some of life’s greatest joys—family and home—can also bring deep sadness. People hope for happiness from their children and spouse, but sometimes these relationships cause the most pain. When a child makes bad choices, or a spouse is always quarrelsome, it becomes a heavy burden to bear. Wisdom and patience from the Lord are needed in such situations. v. 13 : A foolish son brings great trouble to his family. If a son refuses to learn, ignores advice, or lives a wild life, he causes his father much grief and shame. The father worries about what will happen to everything he has worked for when he must leave it to such a child ( a wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son brings grief , Proverbs 10:1 ). Also, a wife who is always arguing is a constant source of stress. Her contentions are a continual dropping , like water leaking through a broken roof, making the home an unhappy place ( a quarrelsome wife is like the constant dripping of a leaky roof , Proverbs 27:15 ). Both a foolish son and a quarrelsome wife make life very hard, and only God’s wisdom and grace can help someone handle such trials.

‏ Proverbs 19:13

Family Troubles: A Foolish Son and a Quarrelsome Wife

This verse shows that some of life’s greatest joys—family and home—can also bring deep sadness. People hope for happiness from their children and spouse, but sometimes these relationships cause the most pain. When a child makes bad choices, or a spouse is always quarrelsome, it becomes a heavy burden to bear. Wisdom and patience from the Lord are needed in such situations.

v. 13: A foolish son brings great trouble to his family. If a son refuses to learn, ignores advice, or lives a wild life, he causes his father much grief and shame. The father worries about what will happen to everything he has worked for when he must leave it to such a child (a wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son brings grief, Proverbs 10:1 ^a). Also, a wife who is always arguing is a constant source of stress. Her contentions are a continual dropping, like water leaking through a broken roof, making the home an unhappy place (a quarrelsome wife is like the constant dripping of a leaky roof, Proverbs 27:15 ^b). Both a foolish son and a quarrelsome wife make life very hard, and only God’s wisdom and grace can help someone handle such trials.