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13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father.
    A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.

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13 A stupid child is ruin to a father,
    and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.(A)

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26 He who robs his father and drives away his mother
    is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
27 If you stop listening to instruction, my son,
    you will stray from the words of knowledge.

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26 Those who do violence to their father and chase away their mother
    are children who cause shame and bring reproach.
27 My child, stop ignoring instruction,
    straying[a] from words of knowledge.

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Footnotes

  1. 19.27 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain