Proverbs 15:14
The heart of him that has understanding seeks knowledge: but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
In Context
13A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
15All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart has a continual feast.
Cross References
1 Kings 3:6And Solomon said, You have showed unto your servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before you in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you; and you have kept for him this great kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
Psalms 119:100I understand more than the ancients, because I keep your precepts.
Proverbs 9:9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
Proverbs 18:15The heart of the prudent gets knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
Isaiah 44:20He feeds on ashes: a deceived heart has turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
Acts 17:11These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word (o. logos) with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:14
13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. Here, 1. Harmless mirth is recommended to us, as that which contributes to the health of the body, making men lively and fit for business, and to the acceptableness of the conversation, making the face to shine and rendering us pleasant one to another. A cheerful spirit, under the government of wisdom and grace, is a great ornament to religion, puts a further lustre upon the beauty of holiness, and makes men the more… Read the whole commentary →