Proverbs 19:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.”
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“A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.”
King James Version · Public Domain“A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A calamity to his father <FI>is<Fi> a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife <FI>are<Fi> a continual dropping.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 19:13 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 13:1After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.
- Job 14:19as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.
- Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
- Proverbs 15:20A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
- Proverbs 17:17A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
- Proverbs 17:21A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.
- Proverbs 17:25A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
- Proverbs 21:9Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
- Proverbs 21:19Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
- Proverbs 25:24Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
- Proverbs 27:15A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—
- Ecclesiastes 2:18I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
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