Proverbs 19:13 A foolish child is a father's ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like the constant dripping of a leaky roof.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
A foolish child is a father's ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like the constant dripping of a leaky roof.

English Standard Version
A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.

New American Standard Bible
A foolish son is destruction to his father, And the contentions of a wife are a constant dripping.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A foolish son is his father's ruin, and a wife's nagging is an endless dripping.

International Standard Version
A father's ruin is a foolish son, and a wife's quarreling is like dripping water that never stops.

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

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
A calamity to his father is a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

Cross References

Proverbs 17:21
He that begets a fool does it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool has no joy.

Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.

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

Proverbs 21:19
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

Proverbs 27:15
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

19:11. He attains the most true glory who endeavours most steadily to overcome evil with good. 12. Christ is a King, whose wrath against his enemies will be as the roaring of a lion, and his favour to his people as the refreshing dew. 13. It shows the vanity of the world, that we are liable to the greatest griefs where we promise ourselves the greatest comfort.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

13. calamity—literally, "calamities," varied and many.

continual dropping—a perpetual annoyance, wearing out patience.