Proverbs 19:13

A foolish child is the ruin of his father, and a contentious wife is like a constant dripping.

It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife.

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

The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father rejoice, but a foolish child is a grief to his mother.

as water wears away stones, and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy man's hope.

Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief, and the father of a fool has no joy.

A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and easily-provoked woman.

Now David's son Absalom had a beautiful sister named Tamar. In the course of time David's son Amnon fell madly in love with her.

A wise child brings joy to his father, but a foolish person despises his mother.

It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife.

So I loathed all the fruit of my effort, for which I worked so hard on earth, because I must leave it behind in the hands of my successor.

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

The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father rejoice, but a foolish child is a grief to his mother.

A wise child brings joy to his father, but a foolish person despises his mother.

Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief, and the father of a fool has no joy.

So I loathed all the fruit of my effort, for which I worked so hard on earth, because I must leave it behind in the hands of my successor.

It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife.

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

as water wears away stones, and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy man's hope.

A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife.

The disciples said to him, "If this is the case of a husband with a wife, it is better not to marry!"