Proverbs 19:13

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

A foolish son brings disgrace to his father. A nagging wife goes on and on like the drip, drip, drip of the rain.

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streams wear away stones and wash away soil. And you destroy our hopes!

Here are some proverbs of Solomon: Children with good sense make their parents happy, but foolish children make them sad.

Children with good sense make their parents happy, but foolish children are hateful to them.

A friend is always a friend, and relatives are born to share our troubles.

It's never pleasant to be the parent of a fool and have nothing but pain.

Foolish children bring sorrow to their father and pain to their mother.

It's better out in the desert than at home with a nagging, complaining wife.

It's better to stay outside on the roof of your house than to live inside with a nagging wife.

It's better to stay outside on the roof of your house than to live inside with a nagging wife.

The steady dripping of rain and the nagging of a wife are one and the same.