Proverbs 15:30 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat. ”

• Proverbs 15:30 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The light of the eyes - The brightness which shines in the eyes of one whose heart and face are alike full of joy. Such a look acts with a healing and quickening power. Compare Proverbs 16:15 ....

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• Proverbs 15:30 - 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 15:30 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat. The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart - Nature and art are continually placing before our view a multitude of...

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• Proverbs 15:30 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart— The light of the eyes refresheth the mind; a good report the marrow of the bones. Houbigant. In the same manner that the sensible light rejoices a sound...

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• Proverbs 15:30 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat. The light of the eyes (the eyes of a great man regarding one with favour, Proverbs 16:15 ; especially the...

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• Proverbs 15:30 - 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 15:30 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  The light of the eyes ... — It does the heart good to see one whose eyes are sparkling with happiness. A good report. — Good news, affecting either oneself or others.

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• Proverbs 15:30 - 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 15:30 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Words in Season Proverbs 15:18-33 Learn to be slow to anger. This paragraph describes the even temper which is blessed to live with and blessed to die with. Temper is said to be nine-tenths of...

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• Proverbs 15:30 - 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 15:30 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. A wise son maketh a...

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• Proverbs 15:30 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart ,.... Not so much the visive power, the faculty of seeing, a strong and clear eyesight; though this is a great mercy, and from the Lord, and to be prized, a...

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• Proverbs 15:30 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: [and] a good report maketh the bones fat. Ver. 30. The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart. ] Light and sight are very comfortable. He was a mad fool...

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• Proverbs 15:30 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart , &c. “In the same manner that the sensible light rejoices a sound eye, and diffuses its pleasure through the whole soul, so a good reputation gives ple...

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• Proverbs 15:30 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.       Two things are here pronounced pleasant:-- 1. It is pleasant to have a good prospect to see th...

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• Proverbs 15:30 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart; the light which we see with our eyes, and by the help of which we see many other pleasant objects, is a great comfort and refreshment. Compare Ecclesias...

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• Proverbs 15:30 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 15:30 CHEERFULNESS AND GOOD TIDINGS Two views are taken of the meaning of the first clause of this verse. Some understand it to mean that the objective light that pl...

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• Proverbs 15:30 - 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 15:30 - 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 15:30 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  v. 30. The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart, when the eyes shine with a friendly luster, the influence thereby exerted upon the heart of one' s neighbor is such as to impart some of the cheer...

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• Proverbs 15:30 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Ecclesiastes 11:7 ; Ezra 9:8 ; Isaiah 58:11 ; Luke 2:10-19 ; Proverbs 13:9 ; Proverbs 17:22 ; Proverbs 25:25 ; Proverbs 3:8 ; Psalms 89:15 ; Revelation 21:23 ; Revelation 22:5

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• Proverbs 15:30 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  A good report — A good name. Fat — Not only chears a man for the present, but gives him such stable comfort as revives his soul, and gives vigour to his body.

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