Matthew Henry · Verse 13
It shows the vanity of the world, that we are liable to the greatest griefs where we promise ourselves the greatest comfort.
Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.
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WEBBE
A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.
BSB
A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
KJV
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
ASV
A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
BBE
A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.
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