Proverbs 15:13

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

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 15:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Some prefer to render the last clause, “In sorrow of heart the breath is oppressed.”
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 ( Proverb...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

merry . joyful, or glad.
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 kin...
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. Th...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Grievous ] i.e. annoying. 'If one pour in hot water let the other pour in cold.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

By sorrow of heart the spirit is broken. — See above on Proverbs 12:25 .
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...
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 th...
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 i...
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 th...
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;...
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....
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,...
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 recommen...
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 impl...
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 Con...
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....
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 miscon...
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 pers...
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...

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

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 15:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 15:13