Proverbs 19:13 - Easy To Read Version

¹³ A foolish son can bring a flood of troubles to his father. And a nagging wife is like water that won’t stop dripping.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ A foolish son is the calamity of his father: And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ A self-confident and foolish son is the [multiplied] calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are like a continual dripping [of water through a chink in the roof].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

Common English Bible

¹³ A foolish son is a disaster to his father; a contentious wife is like constant dripping.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ A foolish son is the grief of his father. And an argumentative wife is like a roof that is continually leaking.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through.

Proverbs 19:13 Tagairtí Cros

Job 14:19

Water flowing over stones\par wears them down.\par Floods wash away the soil on the ground.\par In the same way, God,\par you destroy a person’s hope.\par

Proverbs 10:1

These are the proverbs (wise sayings) of Solomon:

Proverbs 15:20

A wise son brings happiness to his father. But a foolish person brings shame to his mother.

Proverbs 17:17

A friend loves at all times. A true brother always supports you, even in times of trouble.

Proverbs 17:21

A father with a foolish son will be very sad. A fool’s father won’t be happy.

Proverbs 17:25

A foolish son brings sorrow to his father. And a foolish son brings sadness to the mother that gave birth to him.

Proverbs 21:19

It is better to live in the desert than to live with a wife that has a short temper and loves to argue.

Proverbs 21:9

It is better to live in a small corner of the attic {\cf2\super [30]} than to share the house with a woman that is always arguing.

Proverbs 25:24

It is better to live in a small corner of the attic {\cf2\super [34]} than to share the house with a woman that is always arguing.

Proverbs 27:15

A wife that always wants to argue is like water that never stops dripping on a rainy day.