13 A (A)foolish son is destruction to his father,
And the (B)quarrels of a wife are a constant dripping.
14 House and wealth are an (C)inheritance from fathers,
But a prudent 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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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:13 The Heb. lacks like