Pro 19:13
A foolish son {is} the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife {are} a continual dropping.
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A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
{It is} better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. {a brawling...: Heb. a woman of contentions} {a wide...: Heb. an house of society}
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son {is} the heaviness of his mother.
{It is} better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
He that begetteth a fool {doeth it} to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow {out} of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man. {washest...: Heb. overflowest}
A foolish son {is} a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name {was} Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
{It is} better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman. {in...: Heb. in the land of the desert}
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. {taken: Heb. laboured}
{It is} better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. {a brawling...: Heb. a woman of contentions} {a wide...: Heb. an house of society}
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
A virtuous woman {is} a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed {is} as rottenness in his bones.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son {is} the heaviness of his mother.
He that begetteth a fool {doeth it} to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
{It is} better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
A foolish son {is} a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
For an odious {woman} when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with {his} wife, it is not good to marry.