Proverbs 15:13
A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by grief of mind the spirit is cast down.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
In Context
12A corrupt man loveth not one that reproveth him: nor will he go to the wise.
14The heart of the wise seeketh instruction: and the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:25Grief in the heart of a man shall bring him low, but with a good word he shall be made glad.
Proverbs 17:22A joyful mind maketh age flourishing: a sorrowful spirit drieth up the bones.
John 14:1Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God, believe also in me.
2 Corinthians 2:7So that on the contrary, you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
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 →