Proverbs 19:13

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.

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The waters wear the stones. The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth. So you destroy the hope of man.

The proverbs of Shlomo. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

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

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

He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.

A foolish son brings grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman.

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman.

A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike: