Proverbs 19:13 - Catholic Public Domain Version

A foolish son is the grief of his father. And an argumentative wife is like a roof that is continually leaking.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

A foolish son is the calamity of his father: And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

A self-confident and foolish son is the [multiplied] calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are like a continual dripping [of water through a chink in the roof].

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American Standard Version (1901)

A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

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Common English Bible

A foolish son is a disaster to his father; a contentious wife is like constant dripping.

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Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through.

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