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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.

15 Laziness puts one to sleep,
    and an idle person will go hungry.

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  1. Proverbs 19:13 The Heb. lacks like