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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 · American Standard Version
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Proverbs 19:13 in other translations
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.
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In context
10 Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
11 The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
12 The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass.
13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
14 House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.
15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul; But he that is careless of his ways shall die.
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