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Proverbs 19:13

A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.

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Proverbs 19:13 in other translations

KJV King James Version

A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

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

NHEB New Heart English Bible

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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