13 A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 19:13
Integrity, Counsel, Discipline, Poverty, Anger, and the Fear of the LORD
The chapter moves from integrity and misdirected zeal, to wealth and false witness, to wisdom and household prudence, to laziness, commandments, mercy, and discipline, and finally to the LORD's prevailing purpose, fear of the LORD, sloth, instruction, corrupt witness, and judgment.
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Verse 13
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A foolish כְּסִ֑יל H3684 Noun - masculine singular son בֵּ֣ן H1121 Noun - masculine singular is his father’s לְ֭אָבִיו H1 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular ruin הַוֺּ֣ת H1942 Noun - feminine plural and a quarrelsome מִדְיְנֵ֥י H4079 Noun - masculine plural construct wife אִשָּֽׁה׃ H802 Noun - feminine singular is like a constant טֹ֝רֵ֗ד H2956 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular dripping וְדֶ֥לֶף H1812 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular