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Proverbs 15:15

All the days of the oni are ra'im, 1 but he that is of a tov lev hath a mishteh tamid (a continual feast). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

In Context

14The lev of him that hath understanding seeketh da'as, 1 but the peh (mouth) of kesilim feedeth on folly. 1

16Better is little with the Yirat Hashem 1 than otzar rav (great treasure) and trouble therewith. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 37:35And all his banim and all his banot rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down to beni mourning to Sheol. Thus Aviv wept for him.

Psalms 90:7For we are consumed by Thine anger, 1 and by Thy chemah are we troubled. 1

Proverbs 16:22Seichel is a Makor Chayyim unto him that hath it, 1 but the musar (instruction, discipline) of fools is folly. 1

Acts 16:25And about chatzot halailah Rav Sha'ul and Sila were davening and were singing niggunim to Hashem, and the prisoners were listening to them.

Romans 5:11Not only so, but we also glory in Hashem though Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua Adoneinu, through whom we have now received the ritztzuy (reconciliation, cessation of enmity, hostility between a wrathful holy G-d and sinful men).

2 Corinthians 1:5This is so because as the Chevlei Moshiach (birth pangs of Moshiach) abound to us, so through Moshiach abounds also our nechamah. + 1:5 1C 1:3; Isa 51:12; Ps 34:19; 94:19

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:15

Wisdom and Folly. 14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness. Here are two things to be wondered at:—1. A wise man not satisfied with his wisdom, but still seeking the increase of it; the more he has the more he would have: The heart of him that has understanding, rejoices so in the knowledge it has attained to that it is still coveting more, and in the use of the means of knowledge is still labouring for more, growing in grace, and in the knowledge… Read the whole commentary →

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