KJV King James 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
A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
WEB World English Bible
A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.
ASV American Standard Version
A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
A calamity to his father is a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 19
10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and [it is] his glory to pass over a transgression.
12 The king’s wrath [is] as the roaring of a lion; but his favour [is] as dew upon the grass.
13 A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.
14 House and riches [are] the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife [is] from the LORD.
15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; [but] he that despiseth his ways shall die.
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Proverbs 21:9[It is] better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.Proverbs 27:15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.Proverbs 25:24[It is] better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.Proverbs 17:25A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.Proverbs 17:21He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.Proverbs 15:20A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.Job 14:19The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow [out] of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.2 Samuel 13:1-18And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name [was] Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.Proverbs 21:19[It is] better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.Ecclesiastes 2:18-19Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
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