Proverbs 15:13
A joyful heart maketh glad the face, And by grief of heart is the spirit smitten.
Young's Literal Translation
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 scorner loveth not his reprover, Unto the wise he goeth not.
14The heart of the intelligent seeketh knowledge, And the mouth of fools enjoyeth folly.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:25Sorrow in the heart of a man boweth down, And a good word maketh him glad.
Proverbs 17:22A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.
John 14:1'Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe;
2 Corinthians 2:7so that, on the contrary, [it is] rather for you to forgive and to comfort, lest by over abundant sorrow such a one may 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 →