Proverbs 15:13
When the heart rejoices the countenance is cheerful; but when it is in sorrow, the countenance is sad.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
In Context
14An upright heart seeks discretion; but the mouth of the uninstructed will experience evils.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:25A terrible word troubles the heart of a righteous man; but a good message rejoices him.
Proverbs 17:22A glad heart promotes health; but the bones of a sorrowful man dry up.
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 →