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Proverbs 19:13
Engulfing ruin to his father, is a son that is a dullard,—and, a continuous dripping, are the contentions of a wife.
Proverbs 19:13 · Rotherham Emphasised 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 Unseemly for a dullard, is delicate living, how much more for, a servant, to bear rule over princes.
11 The discretion of a man, deferreth his anger, and, his adorning, is to pass over transgression.
12 The growl as of a young lion, is the rage of a king, but, like dew upon the grass, is his good pleasure.
13 Engulfing ruin to his father, is a son that is a dullard,—and, a continuous dripping, are the contentions of a wife.
14 House and substance, are an inheritance from one’s fathers, but, from Yahweh, cometh a wife who is prudent.
15 Sloth, falleth into a deep sleep, and, a soul that is indolent, shall famish.
16 One who guardeth the commandment, guardeth his life, he that is reckless in his ways, shall die.
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