Proverbs 19:13

Young's Literal Translation 1862

A calamity to his father `is' a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife `are' a continual dropping.

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Stones have waters worn away, Their outpourings wash away the dust of earth, And the hope of man Thou hast destroyed.

Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son `is' an affliction to his mother.

A wise son rejoiceth a father. And a foolish man is despising his mother.

At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.

Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not.

A provocation to his father `is' a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him.

Better to dwell in a wilderness land, Than `with' a woman of contentions and anger.

Better to sit on a corner of the roof, Than `with' a woman of contentions and a house of company.

Better to sit on a corner of a roof, Than `with' a woman of contentions, and a house of company.

A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,