Proverbs 15:13
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance; but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 scorner loveth not to be reproved; he will not go unto the wise.
14The heart of him that hath discernment seeketh knowledge; but the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:25Care in the heart of a man boweth it down; but a good word maketh it glad.
Proverbs 17:22A merry heart is a good medicine; but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
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 →