Proverbs 19:13

New International Version

A foolish child is a father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like the constant dripping of a leaky roof.

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

The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

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 time of adversity.

To have a fool for a child brings grief; there is no joy for the parent of a godless fool.

A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.

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

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

A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;