Proverbs 15:15
Those who are oppressed constantly have difficulties, but those who (OR, if they) are happy, it is as though [MET] they are having a big feast every day.
Translation for Translators
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
16Being poor and revering Yahweh is better than being rich and having a lot of troubles.
Cross References
Genesis 37:35All of his children came to try to comfort him, but he did not pay attention to what they said. He said, “No, I will still be mourning/crying when I die and go to be with my son.” So Joseph’s father continued to cry because of what had happened to his son.
Psalms 90:7Similarly, because of the sins that we have committed, you become angry with us; you terrify us and then you destroy us.
Proverbs 16:22Being wise is like having a fountain that gives life [MET], but foolish people are punished as a result of their acting foolishly.
Acts 16:25About midnight, Paul and Silas were praying aloud and praising God by singing hymns. The other prisoners were listening attentively to them.
Romans 5:11And that’s not all! Now we also rejoice about the things that God has done for us because of our Lord Jesus Christ dying for us and enabling us to have a peaceful relationship with God.
2 Corinthians 1:5It is true that just like Christ suffered, we who serve him also continually suffer because we belong to him. But also, because we belong to Christ, God greatly strengthens us ◄just as/just like► God strengthened him.
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 →