Proverbs 19:13

New American Bible - revised edition

The foolish son is ruin to his father, and a quarrelsome wife is water constantly dripping.

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And water wears away stone, and floods wash away the soil of the land— so you destroy the hope of mortals!

The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise son gives his father joy, but a foolish son is a grief to his mother.

A wise son gives his father joy, but a fool despises his mother.

A friend is a friend at all times, and a brother is born for the time of adversity.

Whoever conceives a fool has grief; the father of a numskull has no joy.

A foolish son is vexation to his father, and bitter sorrow to her who bore him.

It is better to dwell in a wilderness than with a quarrelsome wife and trouble.

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop than in a mansion with a quarrelsome woman.

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop than in a mansion with a quarrelsome wife.

For a persistent leak on a rainy day the match is a quarrelsome wife;