New King James Version
Proverbs 15:15
15All the days of the afflicted are evil, But he who is of a merry heart has a continual feast.
Proverbs 15:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
- New International Version (NIV)All the days of the oppressed are wretched, but the cheerful heart has a continual feast.
- English Standard Version (ESV)All the days of the afflicted are evil, but the cheerful of heart has a continual feast.
- New Living Translation (NLT)For the despondent, every day brings trouble; for the happy heart, life is a continual feast.
Context of Proverbs 15:15
13A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance, But by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. 14The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, But the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness. All the days of the afflicted are evil, But he who is of a merry heart has a continual feast. 16Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, Than great treasure with trouble. 17Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, Than a fatted calf with hatred.
Read all of Proverbs 15Proverbs 15:15 word by word
כָּל־יְמֵ֣י עָנִ֣י רָעִ֑ים וְטֽוֹב־לֵ֝֗ב מִשְׁתֶּ֥ה תָמִֽיד׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 15:15
- Genesis 37:35And all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and he said, “For I shall go down into the grave to my son in mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.
- Genesis 47:9And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.”
- Psalms 90:7For we have been consumed by Your anger, And by Your wrath we are terrified.
- Proverbs 16:22Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it. But the correction of fools is folly.
- Proverbs 17:22A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones.
- Acts 16:25But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
- Romans 5:2through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
- Romans 12:12rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer;
- 2 Corinthians 1:5For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 6:10as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
- 1 Peter 1:6In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials,
- 1 Peter 4:13but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy.
Commentaries on Proverbs 15:15
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Afflicted - The affliction meant here is less that of outward circumstances than of a troubled and downcast spirit. Life to the cheerful is as one perpetual banquet, whether he be poor or rich. That which disturbs the feast is anxiety, the taking (anxious) thought” of Matthew 6:34.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15Verse 15 Some are much in affliction, and of a sorrowful spirit. Such are to be pitied, prayed for, and comforted. And others serve God with gladness of heart, and it prompts their obedience, yet they should rejoice with trembling.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15Our personality shapes how we see life.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. The state of the heart governs the outward condition. evil--sad, contrasted with the cheerfulness of a feast.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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