Proverbs 15:13
A joyful heart makes the face glad, || And the spirit is struck by grief of heart.
Literal Standard Version
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 does not love his reprover, || He does not go to the wise.
14The heart of the intelligent seeks knowledge, || And the mouth of fools enjoys folly.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:25Sorrow in the heart of a man bows down, || And a good word makes him glad.
Proverbs 17:22A rejoicing heart does good to the body, || And a struck spirit dries the bone.
John 14:1“Do not let your heart be troubled, believe in God, believe also in Me;
2 Corinthians 2:7so that, on the contrary, [it is] rather for you to forgive and to comfort, lest by over abundant sorrow such a one may be swallowed 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 →