Proverbs 19:13
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
In context
11 A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is 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 son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
14 Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
15 Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
Proverbs 19:13 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
- KJV King James Version
- A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
- WEB World English Bible
- A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.
- ASV American Standard Version
- A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- A calamity to his father [is] a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.
- DBY Darby Translation
- A foolish son is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
- WBS Webster Bible
- A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.