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Proverbs 19:13

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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

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

Proverbs 19:13 in context

  1. 11The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger.
    It is his glory to overlook an offense.
  2. 12The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion,
    but his favor is like dew on the grass.
  3. 13A foolish son is the calamity of his father.
    A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.
  4. 14House and riches are an inheritance from fathers,
    but a prudent wife is from Yahweh.
  5. 15Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep.
    The idle soul shall suffer hunger.