Proverbs 19:13
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A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through.

Proverbs 17:21
A fool is born to his own disgrace: and even his father shall not rejoice in a fool.

Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son is the anger of the father: and the sorrow of the mother that bore him.

Proverbs 21:9
It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman, and in a common house.

Proverbs 21:19
It is better to dwell in a wilderness, than with a quarrelsome and passionate woman.

Proverbs 27:15
Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike.

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A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through.

foolish

Proverbs 10:1 Treasures of wickedness shall profit nothing: but justice shall deliver from death.

Proverbs 15:20 A wise son maketh a father joyful: but the foolish man despiseth his mother.

Proverbs 17:21,25 A fool is born to his own disgrace: and even his father shall not rejoice in a fool. . . .

2 Samuel 13:13-18 For I shall not be able to bear my shame, and thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel: but rather speak to the king, and he will not deny me to thee. . . .

Ecclesiastes 2:18,19 Again I hated all my application wherewith I had earnestly laboured under the sun, being like to have an heir after me, . . .

the contentions

Proverbs 21:9,19 It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman, and in a common house. . . .

Proverbs 25:24 It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop: than with a brawling woman, and in a common house.

Proverbs 27:15 Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike.

Job 14:19 Waters wear away the stones, and with inundation the ground by little and little is washed away: so in like manner thou shalt destroy man.

Context
The Man of Integrity
12As the roaring of a lion, so also is the anger of a king: and his cheerfulness as the dew upon the grass. 13A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through.14House and riches are given by parents: but a prudent wife is properly from the Lord.…
Lexicon
A foolish
כְּסִ֑יל (kə·sîl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3684: Stupid fellow, dullard, fool

son
בֵּ֣ן (bên)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

is his father’s
לְ֭אָבִיו (lə·’ā·ḇîw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

ruin,
הַוֺּ֣ת (haw·wōṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1942: Desire, chasm, destruction

and a quarrelsome
מִדְיְנֵ֥י (miḏ·yə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4079: Brawling, contention

wife
אִשָּֽׁה׃ (’iš·šāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

is like a constant
טֹ֝רֵ֗ד (ṭō·rêḏ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2956: To pursue, chase, be continuous

dripping.
וְדֶ֥לֶף (wə·ḏe·lep̄)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1812: A dripping


Additional Translations
A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

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

A foolish son is a disgrace to his father: vows paid out of the hire of a harlot are not pure.

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

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

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

A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.

A calamity to his father is a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
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