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Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.
Proverbs 19:13 · New Heart English Bible
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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 appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
11 The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.
12 The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.
14 House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.
16 He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.
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