Proverbs 19:13 - The Scriptures 2009

¹³ A foolish son is a calamity to his father, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ A foolish son is the calamity of his father: And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ A self-confident and foolish son is the [multiplied] calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are like a continual dripping [of water through a chink in the roof].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

Common English Bible

¹³ A foolish son is a disaster to his father; a contentious wife is like constant dripping.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ A foolish son is the grief of his father. And an argumentative wife is like a roof that is continually leaking.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through.

Proverbs 19:13 Cross References

Job 14:19

as water wears away stones, its outpouring washes away the soil of the earth – so You have destroyed the expectancy of man.

Proverbs 10:1

Proverbs of Shelomoh: A wise son makes a father rejoice, But a foolish son is his mother’s sorrow.

Proverbs 15:20

A wise son makes a father glad, But a foolish man despises his mother.

Proverbs 17:17

A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.

Proverbs 17:21

He who brings forth a fool has sorrow for it, And the father of a fool has no joy.

Proverbs 17:25

A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her who bore him.

Proverbs 21:19

It is better to dwell in the wilderness, Than with a contentious and vexed woman.

Proverbs 21:9

It is better to dwell in a corner of a roof, Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.

Proverbs 25:24

It is better to dwell in a corner of a roof, Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.

Proverbs 27:15

Drops that never cease on a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike;