Proverbs 15:15
All the days of the poor are evil. A secure mind is like a continual feast.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
In Context
14The heart of the wise seeks doctrine. And the mouth of the foolish feeds on ignorance.
16Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures and dissatisfaction.
Cross References
Genesis 37:35Then, when all of his sons gathered together to ease their father’s sorrow, he was not willing to accept consolation, but he said: “I will descend in mourning to my son in the underworld.” And while he persevered in weeping,
Psalms 90:7A thousand will fall before your side and ten thousand before your right hand. Yet it will not draw near you.
Proverbs 16:22Learning is a fountain of life to one who possesses it. The doctrine of the foolish is senseless.
Acts 16:25Then, in the middle of the night, Paul and Silas were praying and praising God. And those who were also in custody were listening to them.
Romans 5:11And not only that, but we also glory in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 1:5For just as the Passion of Christ abounds in us, so also, through Christ, does our consolation abound.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:15
Wisdom and Folly. 14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness. Here are two things to be wondered at:—1. A wise man not satisfied with his wisdom, but still seeking the increase of it; the more he has the more he would have: The heart of him that has understanding, rejoices so in the knowledge it has attained to that it is still coveting more, and in the use of the means of knowledge is still labouring for more, growing in grace, and in the knowledge… Read the whole commentary →