Proverbs 15:13
A merry heart cheereth up the countenance; but when the heart feeleth pain the spirit is depressed.
Leeser Tanakh
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 that one should admonish him: unto the wise doth he not go.
14The heart of the man of understanding seeketh knowledge; but the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:25If there be care in the heart of man, let him suppress it; and a good word will change it into joy.
Proverbs 17:22A merry heart causeth a healthy appearance of the countenance, but a depressed spirit drieth up 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 →