Proverbs 15:30
The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart; and a good report maketh the bones fat.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.
In Context
29The LORD is far from the wicked; but He heareth the prayer of the righteous.
31The ear that hearkeneth to the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
Cross References
Psalms 89:15(89-16) Happy is the people that know the joyful shout; they walk, O LORD, in the light of Thy countenance.
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.
Ecclesiastes 11:7And the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:30
29 The Lord is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous. Note, 1. God sets himself at a distance from those that set him at defiance: The wicked say to the Almighty, Depart from us, and he is, accordingly, far from them; he does not manifest himself to them, has no communion with them, will not hear them, will not help them, no, not in the time of their need. They shall be for ever banished from his presence and he will behold them afar off. Depart from me, you cursed. 2. He will draw nigh… Read the whole commentary →