Proverbs 15:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• Proverbs 15:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Some prefer to render the last clause, “In sorrow of heart the breath is oppressed.”

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• Proverbs 15:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Proverbs 15. This chapter makes no new departure. Proverbs concerning the moral government of the world again occupy the chief place. One ( Proverbs 15:11 ) is noteworthy as showing an extended con...

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• Proverbs 15:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  merry . joyful, or glad.

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• Proverbs 15:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. By sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken - Every kind of sorrow worketh death, but that which is the o...

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• Proverbs 15:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance. There is a sympathy between the body and the mind, s...

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• Proverbs 15:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  1. Grievous ] i.e. annoying. 'If one pour in hot water let the other pour in cold.'

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• Proverbs 15:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  By sorrow of heart the spirit is broken. — See above on Proverbs 12:25 .

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• Proverbs 15:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER 16 A PASSIONATE DISPOSITION "A soft answer turneth away wrath: but a grievous word stirreth up anger." In the LXX there is another clause inserted at the beginning.- Proverbs 15:1 "A m...

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• Proverbs 15:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Kind Words and Glad Hearts Proverbs 15:1-17 A soft answer; the tongue of the wise; a wholesome tongue; the lips of the wise; the prayer of the upright -these keywords touch one of the greate...

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• Proverbs 15:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Verse Proverbs 15:11 . This is a simple method of drawing attention to God's perfect knowledge of all the deepest and hidden things. If that which is most full of mystery to us is perfectly known to...

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• Proverbs 15:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so. The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. The way of...

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• Proverbs 15:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance ,.... Or, a "joyful heart" c; that is joyful in the God of its salvation; that rejoices in Christ Jesus; is filled with joy and peace through believing in...

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• Proverbs 15:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. Ver. 13. A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance. ] It sits smiling in the face, and looks merrily...

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• Proverbs 15:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance; &c. “When the mind of a man is inwardly satisfied, and full of joy, it does good to his body too, as appears in his cheerful countenance: but when g...

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• Proverbs 15:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        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...

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• Proverbs 15:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The spirit; either, 1. His vital spirits. Or rather, 2. His courage and rigour, the decay whereof showeth itself in his countenance, as is implied from the former clause.

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• Proverbs 15:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Wise Words, Reproof And Firm Discipline Uphold The Righteous, Giving Them Suitable Reward, Whilst The Unrighteous Reject Reproof, And Suffer The Consequences ( Proverbs 15:4-13 ). In this subsecti...

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• Proverbs 15:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 15:14 . Mouth , or “the countenance.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 15:13 A CHEERFUL FACE AND A BROKEN SPIRIT I. The outer man is to a large extent an index of the...

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• Proverbs 15:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Proverbs 15:1 . A soft answer turneth away wrath. It bows to the tempest, it names a mitigating circumstance, it gives a favourable turn to misconstruction, it proposes a better way. My father, sa...

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• Proverbs 15:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Proverbs 15:1 A soft answer turneth away wrath . Two things are here to be observed: an answer should be given—the injured person should not wrap himself in sullen silence; and...

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• Proverbs 15:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  v. 13. A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance, for when the spirit is joyous, it brightens the face; but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken, if grief has taken possession of the hea...

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• Proverbs 15:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Corinthians 1:12 ; 2 Corinthians 2:7 ; 2 Corinthians 7:10 ; John 14:1 ; Nehemiah 2:2 ; Proverbs 12:25 ; Proverbs 18:14 ; Proverbs 15:15 ; Proverbs 17:22

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