Albert Barnes Commentary Proverbs 19:13

"A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping." — Proverbs 19:13 (ASV)

Calamity - The Hebrew word is plural (Psalms 91:3), and seems to express the multiplied and manifold sorrow caused by the foolish son.

Continual dropping - The irritating, unceasing, sound of the fall, drop after drop, of water through the chinks in the roof.