Proverbs 19:13

The Message

A parent is worn to a frazzle by an irresponsible child; a nagging spouse is a leaky faucet.

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Wise son, glad father; stupid son, sad mother.

Intelligent children make their parents proud; lazy students embarrass their parents.

Friends love through all kinds of weather, and families stick together in all kinds of trouble.

Having a fool for a child is misery; it’s no fun being the parent of a dolt.

A surly, stupid child is sheer pain to a father, a bitter pill for a mother to swallow.

Better to live in a tent in the wild than with a cross and petulant spouse.

Better to live alone in a tumbledown shack than share a mansion with a nagging spouse.

Better to live alone in a tumbledown shack than share a mansion with a nagging spouse.

A nagging spouse is like the drip, drip, drip of a leaky faucet; You can’t turn it off, and you can’t get away from it.