13 A (A)foolish son is destruction to his father,
And the (B)quarrels of a wife are a constant dripping.

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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.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:13 The Heb. lacks like

26 He (A)who assaults his father and drives his mother away
Is a shameful and disgraceful son.
27 Stop listening, my son, to discipline,
And you will stray from the words of knowledge.

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26 Whoever mistreats his father
    and alienates his mother
        is a son who brings both shame and disrespect.

27 My son, if you stop listening to instruction,
    you will stray from the principles of knowledge.

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