Proverbs 19:13
Hebrew Text— Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.
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Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established;
A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:
Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel:
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman.
Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.
The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.
The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which both built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.
A wise son listens to his father’s instruction, but a scoffer doesn’t listen to rebuke.
Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a fattened calf with hatred.
She looks well to the ways of her household, and doesn’t eat the bread of idleness.
By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.
When Esau was forty years old, he took as wife Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
He spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs numbered one thousand five.
The waters wear the stones. The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth. So you destroy the hope of man.
A fool despises his father’s correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.
Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.
He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.
A foolish son brings grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.
It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.
Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!
These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman.
“The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.
Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
Further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.
I, even I, will bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is in the earth will die.
He went in to Hagar, and she conceived. When she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
“ ‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.
Also thus said the king, ‘Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who has given one to sit on my throne today, my eyes even seeing it.’ ”
Now therefore don’t hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down to Sheol with blood.”
When Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly, and said, “Blessed is Yahweh today, who has given to David a wise son to rule over this great people.”
A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.
Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
He who pampers his servant from youth will have him become a son in the end.
for an unloved woman when she is married, and a servant who is heir to her mistress.
But you know the proof of him, that as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.