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
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.English Standard Version
A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife's quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.New International Version
A foolish son is his father's ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.