Proverbs 19:13 (BSB)

A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.

From Proverbs 19. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 19:13

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 19:13: It is an instance of the vanity of the world that we are liable to the greatest grief in those things wherein we promise ourselves the greatest comfort. It is as it proves. What greater temporal comfort can a man have than a good wife and good children? Yet, 1.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 19:13: A foolish son is the calamity of his father,.... Or, "the calamities of his father" (q); he brings them to him. A very great affliction he is, and which has many distresses and sorrows in it; as loss of reputation and credit in his family, which is sunk by his behaviour, instead of being supported and increased; loss of substance, through extravagance and riotous living...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 19:13: calamity--literally, "calamities," varied and many. continual dropping--a perpetual annoyance, wearing out patience.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 19:13: A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping. (e) As rain that drops and rots the house.