Proverbs 15:13 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹³A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

Proverbs 15:13 —

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Cross-References

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Proverbs 17:22
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Proverbs 18:14
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
Proverbs 12:25
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
John 14:1
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
Proverbs 15:15
All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Bowels Character Cheerfulness Contentment Countenance Discontentment Heart

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 13)

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, an…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 13)

13. maketh ... countenance--or, “benefits the countenance.” spirit is broken--and so the countenance is sad.