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Proverbs 19:13

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a wife’s nagging is an endless dripping.

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An endless dripping on a rainy day and a nagging wife are alike;

Better to live on the corner of a roof than to share a house with a nagging wife.

Solomon’s proverbs: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son, heartache to his mother.

Better to live on the corner of a roof than to share a house with a nagging wife.

Better to live in a wilderness than with a nagging and hot-tempered wife.

A foolish son is grief to his father and bitterness to the one who bore him.

A man fathers a fool to his own sorrow; the father of a fool has no joy.

as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil from the land, so you destroy a man’s hope.

A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a difficult time.