Proverbs 15:13
לֵב שָׂמֵחַ יֵיטִב פָּנִים וּבְעַצְּבַת ־ לֵב רוּחַ נְכֵאָֽה ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
In Context
12לֹא יֶאֱהַב ־ לֵץ הוֹכֵחַֽ לוֹ אֶל ־ חֲכָמִים לֹא יֵלֵֽךְ ׃
14לֵב נָבוֹן יְבַקֶּשׁ ־ דָּעַת ופני כְסִילִים יִרְעֶה אִוֶּֽלֶת ׃
Cross References
Proverbs 12:25דְּאָגָה בְלֶב ־ אִישׁ יַשְׁחֶנָּה וְדָבָר טוֹב יְשַׂמְּחֶֽנָּה ׃
Proverbs 17:22לֵב שָׂמֵחַ יֵיטִב גֵּהָה וְרוּחַ נְכֵאָה תְּיַבֶּשׁ ־ גָּֽרֶם ׃
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 →