Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Proverbs 19:13
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Berean Standard Bible
A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
King James Version
A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.
World English Bible
A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.
American Standard Version
A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Proverbs 19
11 A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
12 A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
13 A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
14 Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
15 Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
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