13 A foolish son is his father’s ruin,(A)
and a wife’s nagging is an endless dripping.(B)

14 A house and wealth are inherited from fathers,(C)
but a prudent wife is from the Lord.

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13 A foolish child is a ruin to his father,
    and the quarreling of a woman[a] is a continuous dripping.
14 A house and wealth are an inheritance from fathers,
    but from Yahweh comes a woman[b] who is prudent.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:13 Or “wife”
  2. Proverbs 19:14 Or “wife”