Berean Standard Bible
Proverbs 19:13
“A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.”
In context
11A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
12A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
13A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
14Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
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