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 sensible wife is from the Lord.

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13 A father’s ruin is a foolish son,
    and a wife’s quarreling is like[a] dripping water that never stops.
14 A house and self-sufficiency are a father’s inheritance,
    but from the Lord comes an insightful wife.

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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 19:13 The Heb. lacks like