New International Reader's Version

Proverbs 19:13-16 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

13. If a child is foolish, he destroys his father. A nagging wife is like dripping that never stops.

14. You will receive houses and wealth from your parents. But a wise wife is given by the Lord.

15. Anyone who doesn't want to work sleeps his life away. And a person who refuses to work goes hungry.

16. Those who obey what they are taught guard their lives. But those who don't care how they live will die.