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Proverbs 19:13

English Standard Version 2016

A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.

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A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike;

It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.

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

He who sires a fool gets himself sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.

the waters wear away the stones; the torrents wash away the soil of the earth; so you destroy the hope of man.

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

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