Proverbs 15:14
The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
13A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.
15All the days of the afflicted are evil, but he who is of a cheerful heart [has] a continual feast.
Cross References
1 Kings 3:6And Solomon said, Thou have shown to thy servant David my father great loving kindness, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee. And thou have kept for him this great
Psalms 119:100I understand more than the aged because I have kept thy precepts.
Proverbs 9:9Give opportunity to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
Proverbs 18:15The heart of a prudent man gets knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
Isaiah 44:20He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside. And he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
Acts 17:11But these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, who received the word with all willingness, examining the Scriptures daily, if it has these things this way.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:14
13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. Here, 1. Harmless mirth is recommended to us, as that which contributes to the health of the body, making men lively and fit for business, and to the acceptableness of the conversation, making the face to shine and rendering us pleasant one to another. A cheerful spirit, under the government of wisdom and grace, is a great ornament to religion, puts a further lustre upon the beauty of holiness, and makes men the more… Read the whole commentary →