13 A foolish child is a father’s ruin,(A)
    and a quarrelsome wife is like
    the constant dripping of a leaky roof.(B)

14 Houses and wealth are inherited from parents,(C)
    but a prudent wife is from the Lord.(D)

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13 (A)A foolish son is the ruin of his father,
(B)And the contentions of a wife are a continual [a]dripping.

14 (C)Houses and riches are an inheritance from fathers,
But (D)a prudent wife is from the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:13 Irritation