Proverbs 15:15
All the days of the poor are evil: a secure mind is like a continual feast.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 seeketh instruction: and the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
16Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without content,
Cross References
Genesis 37:35And alibis children being gathered together to comfort their father in his sorrow, he would not receive comfort, but said: I will go down to my son into hell, mourning. And whilst he continued weeping,
Psalms 90:7For in thy wrath we have fainted away: and are troubled in thy indignation.
Proverbs 16:22Knowledge is a fountain of life to him that possesseth it: the instruction of fools is foolishness.
Acts 16:25And at midnight, Paul and Silas praying, praised God. And they that were in prison, heard them.
Romans 5:11And not only so; but also we glory in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 1:5For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us: so also by Christ doth our comfort 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 →