Proverbs 19:13
An vndiscrete sonne is the heauinesse of his father, and a brawlyng wyfe is like the toppe of an house wherthrough it is euer dropping.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 10:1A wyse sonne maketh a glad father: but an vndiscrete sonne is an heauinesse vnto his mother.
Proverbs 17:17He is a frende that alway loueth, and in aduersitie a man shall knowe who is his brother.
Proverbs 17:25An vndiscrete sonne is a griefe vnto his father: and an heauinesse vnto his mother.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in the wyldernesse, then with a chydyng and an angrye woman.
Proverbs 27:15A brawling woman and the roofe of the house dropping in a raynie day, may well be compared together.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:13
12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass. This is to the same purport with what we had ch. xvi. 14, 15 , and the design of it is, 1. To make kings wise and considerate in dispensing their frowns and smiles. They are not like those of common persons; their frowns are very terrible and their smiles very comfortable, and therefore it concerns them to be very careful that they never frighten a good man from doing well with their frowns, nor ever give countenance to a… Read the whole commentary →