OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 13

Proverbs 19:13

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A foolish son is the calamity of his father.

A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.

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Proverbs 19:13 in context

Proverbs 19:10–16

10

Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool,

much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

11

The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger.

It is his glory to overlook an offense.

12

The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion,

but his favor is like dew on the grass.

13
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A foolish son is the calamity of his father.

A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.

14

House and riches are an inheritance from fathers,

but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

15

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep.

The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

16

He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul,

but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.

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