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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.

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  1. Proverbs 19:13 Or “wife”

26 He who does violence to a father, he who chases away a mother,
    is a child who causes shame and brings reproach.
27 Cease to listen to instruction, my child,
    and you will stray[a] from sayings of knowledge.

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  1. Proverbs 19:27 Literally “in order to stray”