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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 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

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop
    than to share a house with a contentious woman.

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It’s better to live in a corner on the roof
    than to share a house with a contentious woman.

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19 It is better to dwell in a desert land,
    than with a contentious and fretful woman.

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19 It’s better to live in the wilderness
    than to live with a contentious and irritable woman.

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24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop
    than to share a house with a contentious woman.

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24 It’s better to live in a corner on the roof
    than in a house with a contentious woman.

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15 A continual dropping on a rainy day
    and a contentious wife are alike:
16 restraining her is like restraining the wind,
    or like grasping oil in his right hand.

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15 A continual dripping on a rainy day
    and a contentious wife are alike.
16 Trying to keep her in check is like stopping a wind storm
    or grabbing oil with your right hand.

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