Revised Version 1895
Proverbs 15:15
15All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a cheerful heart hath 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 King James Version (NKJV)All the days of the afflicted are evil, But he who is of a merry heart has a continual feast.
Context of Proverbs 15:15
13A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken. 14The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on folly. All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a cheerful heart hath a continual feast. 16Better is little with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure and trouble therewith. 17Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Read all of Proverbs 15Proverbs 15:15 word by word
כָּל־יְמֵ֣י עָנִ֣י רָעִ֑ים וְטֽוֹב־לֵ֝֗ב מִשְׁתֶּ֥ה תָמִֽיד׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 15:15
- Genesis 37:35And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down to the grave to my son mourning. And his father wept for him.
- Genesis 47:9And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
- Psalms 90:7For we are consumed in thine anger, and in thy wrath are we troubled.
- Proverbs 16:22Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the correction of fools is their folly.
- Proverbs 17:22A merry heart is a good medicine: but a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
- Acts 16:25But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God, and the prisoners were listening to them;
- Romans 5:2through whom also we have had our access by faith into this grace wherein we stand; and let us rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
- Romans 12:12rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing stedfastly in prayer;
- 2 Corinthians 1:5For as the sufferings of Christ abound unto us, even so our comfort also aboundeth through Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 6:10as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
- 1 Peter 1:6Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold temptations,
- 1 Peter 4:13but insomuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory also ye may rejoice 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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