Proverbs 15:13
A lev same'ach maketh a cheerful countenance, 1 but by sorrow of the lev the ruach is broken. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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
12A scoffer loveth not one that correcteth him, 1 neither will he go unto chachamim. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 12:25Anxiety in the lev ish causeth depression, 1 but a davar tov cheers it up. 1
Proverbs 17:22A lev same'ach doeth tov like a medicine, 1 but a downcast ruach drieth up the bones. 1
John 14:1Let not your levavot be troubled. + 14:1 Yn 14:27 You have emunah (faith) in Hashem. Also in me have emunah (faith). + 14:1 Ex 14:21; Ps 4:5
2 Corinthians 2:7So that, on the contrary, rather you ought to give selichah (forgiveness) and chozek (strength) to him lest efsher (perhaps) such a one may be swallowed up by overwhelming remorse.
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 →