Proverbs 19:13

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A stupid child is ruin to a father, and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.

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

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise child makes a glad father, but a foolish child is a mother’s grief.

A wise child makes a glad father, but the foolish despise their mothers.

A friend loves at all times, and kinsfolk are born to share adversity.

The one who fathers a fool gets trouble; the parent of a fool has no joy.

Foolish children are a grief to their father and bitterness to her who bore them.

It is better to live in a desert land than with a contentious and fretful wife.

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

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

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