Proverbs 15:13
A joyful heart, maketh a pleasing countenance,—but, in sorrow of heart, is a stricken spirit.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 who reproveth him, unto the wise, doth he not go.
14The heart of the intelligent, seeketh knowledge, but, the mouth of dullards, feedeth on folly.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:25When anxiety is in the heart of a man, one may bow him down, but, a good word, maketh him glad.
Proverbs 17:22A joyful heart, worketh an excellent cure,—but, a stricken spirit, drieth up the bone.
John 14:1Let not your heart be troubled: Believe on God, and, on me, believe.
2 Corinthians 2:7So that, on the contrary, ye should forgive and encourage, lest, by any means, by his excessive grief, such a one should be swallowed up.
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 →