SinaiProverbs 19:13
American Standard Version
A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
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Proverbs 19:13 in other translations
A foolish son is the calamity of his father.
A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.
Proverbs 19:13 in context
- 11The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
- 12The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass.
- 13A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
- 14House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.
- 15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.