Proverbs 19:13
A foolish child is a father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like the constant dripping of a leaky roof.
In context
10 It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes! 11 A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense. 12 A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
13 A foolish child is a father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like the constant dripping of a leaky roof. 14 Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord. 15 Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless go hungry. 16 Whoever keeps commandments keeps their life, but whoever shows contempt for their ways will die.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 19:13 in the KJV
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 19:13 in the ESV
A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.