Proverbs 15:13
A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.
Berean Standard Bible
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 mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.
14A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:25Anxiety weighs down the heart of a man, but a good word cheers it up.
Proverbs 17:22A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
John 14:1“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe in Me as well.
2 Corinthians 2:7So instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive 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 →