Proverbs 15:13
A joyous heart maketh a bright countenance; But by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Noyes 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
12The scoffer loveth not his reprover; He will not resort to the wise.
14The heart of the man of understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:25Anxiety in the heart of a man boweth it down; But a kind word maketh it glad.
Proverbs 17:22A merry heart doeth good to the body; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
John 14:1Let not your heart be troubled. Have faith in God, and have faith in me.
2 Corinthians 2:7so that on the contrary ye ought rather to forgive, and console him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch 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 →