Proverbs 19:13-15

Darby Translation

¹³A foolish son is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

¹⁴House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers; but a prudent wife is from Jehovah.

¹⁵Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Proverbs 19:13-15

New International Version

¹³A foolish child is a father’s ruin,^(A)
and a quarrelsome wife is like
the constant dripping of a leaky roof.^(B)

¹⁴Houses and wealth are inherited from parents,^(C)
but a prudent wife is from the Lord.^(D)

¹⁵Laziness brings on deep sleep,
and the shiftless go hungry.^(E)

Darby Translation (DARBY)

New International Version (NIV)