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Proverbs 19:13

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

Verse in context — Proverbs 19

11

The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and [it is] his glory to pass over a transgression.

12

The king's wrath [is] as the roaring of a lion; but his favour [is] as dew upon the grass.

13

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

14

House and riches [are] the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife [is] from the LORD.

15

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

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