Proverbs 15:13
A glad heart makes a shining face, but by the sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
In Context
12The hater of authority has no love for teaching: he will not go to the wise.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:25Care in the heart of a man makes it weighted down, but a good word makes it glad.
Proverbs 17:22A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.
John 14:1Let not your heart be troubled: have faith in God and have faith in me.
2 Corinthians 2:7So that now, on the other hand, it is right for him to have forgiveness and comfort from you, for fear that his sorrow may be over-great.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:13
12 A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise. A scorner is one that not only makes a jest of God and religion, but bids defiance to the methods employed for his conviction and reformation, and, as an evidence of that, 1. He cannot endure the checks of his own conscience, nor will he suffer it to deal plainly with him: He loves not to reprove him (so some read it); he cannot endure to retire into his own heart and commune seriously with that, will not admit of any free thought or… Read the whole commentary →