Proverbs 15:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

All the days of the troubled are evil; but he whose heart is glad has an unending feast.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:13 : 13 A glad heart makes a shining face, but by the sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
  • Prov 17:22 : 22 A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.
  • 2 Cor 6:10 : 10 As full of sorrow, but ever glad; as poor, but giving wealth to others; as having nothing, but still having all things.
  • Rom 5:2-3 : 2 Through whom, in the same way, we have been able by faith to come to this grace in which we now are; and let us have joy in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only so, but let us have joy in our troubles: in the knowledge that trouble gives us the power of waiting;
  • Rom 5:11 : 11 And not only so, but we have joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we are now at peace with God.
  • Rom 12:12 : 12 Being glad in hope, quiet in trouble, at all times given to prayer,
  • 2 Cor 1:5 : 5 For as we undergo more of the pain which Christ underwent, so through Christ does our comfort become greater.
  • Acts 16:25 : 25 But about the middle of the night, Paul and Silas were making prayers and songs to God in the hearing of the prisoners;
  • 1 Pet 1:6-8 : 6 You have cause for great joy in this, though it may have been necessary for you to be troubled for a little time, being tested in all sorts of ways, 7 So that the true metal of your faith, being of much greater value than gold (which, though it comes to an end, is tested by fire), may come to light in praise and glory and honour, at the revelation of Jesus Christ: 8 To whom your love is given, though you have not seen him; and the faith which you have in him, though you do not see him now, gives you joy greater than words and full of glory:
  • 1 Pet 4:13 : 13 But be glad that you are given a part in the pains of Christ; so that at the revelation of his glory you may have great joy.
  • Prov 16:22 : 22 Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it; but the punishment of the foolish is their foolish behaviour.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:13-14
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    13A glad heart makes a shining face, but by the sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

    14The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.

  • Prov 17:22
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    22A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.

  • Prov 15:16
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    16Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble.

  • Prov 14:13
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    13Even while laughing the heart may be sad; and after joy comes sorrow.

  • Eccl 8:15
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    15So I gave praise to joy, because there is nothing better for a man to do under the sun than to take meat and drink and be happy; for that will be with him in his work all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.

  • Prov 12:25
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    25Care in the heart of a man makes it weighted down, but a good word makes it glad.

  • Eccl 7:2-4
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    2It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts.

    3Sorrow is better than joy; when the face is sad the mind gets better.

    4The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.

  • Eccl 5:17-18
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    17This is what I have seen: it is good and fair for a man to take meat and drink and to have joy in all his work under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; that is his reward.

    18Every man to whom God has given money and wealth and the power to have pleasure in it and to do his part and have joy in his work: this is given by God.

  • Ps 90:15
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    15Make us glad in reward for the days of our sorrow, and for the years in which we have seen evil.

  • Eccl 10:19
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    19A feast is for laughing, and wine makes glad the heart; but by the one and the other money is wasted.

  • Prov 15:30
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    30The light of the eyes is a joy to the heart, and good news makes the bones fat.

  • Eccl 7:14-15
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    14In the day of wealth have joy, but in the day of evil take thought: God has put the one against the other, so that man may not be certain what will be after him.

    15These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.

  • Ps 104:15
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    15And wine to make glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shining, and bread giving strength to his heart.

  • Prov 28:14
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    14Happy is the man in whom is the fear of the Lord at all times; but he whose heart is hard will come into trouble.

  • Eccl 9:7
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    7Come, take your bread with joy, and your wine with a glad heart. God has taken pleasure in your works.

  • Eccl 3:12
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    12I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in him.

  • Lam 5:15
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    15The joy of our hearts is ended; our dancing is changed into sorrow.

  • Prov 14:30
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    30A quiet mind is the life of the body, but envy is a disease in the bones.

  • Ps 32:11
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    11Be glad in the Lord with joy, you upright men; give cries of joy, all you whose hearts are true.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.

  • Prov 19:23
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    23The fear of the Lord gives life: and he who has it will have need of nothing; no evil will come his way.

  • Eccl 9:3
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    3This is evil in all things which are done under the sun: that there is one fate for all, and the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; while they have life their hearts are foolish, and after that--to the dead.

  • 1 Thess 5:16
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    16Have joy at all times.

  • Prov 29:6
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    6In the steps of an evil man there is a net for him, but the upright man gets away quickly and is glad.

  • Job 8:21
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    21The time will come when your mouth will be full of laughing, and cries of joy will come from your lips.

  • Isa 24:7
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    7The new wine is thin, the vine is feeble, and all the glad-hearted make sounds of grief.

  • Eccl 11:8
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    8But even if a man's life is long and he has joy in all his years, let him keep in mind the dark days, because they will be great in number. Whatever may come is to no purpose.

  • Eccl 11:10
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    10So put away trouble from your heart, and sorrow from your flesh; because the early years and the best years are to no purpose.

  • Prov 12:20
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    20Deceit is in the heart of those whose designs are evil, but for those purposing peace there is joy.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

  • Prov 23:7
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    7For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you.

  • Prov 25:20
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    20Like one who takes off clothing in cold weather and like acid on a wound, is he who makes melody to a sad heart.

  • Ps 4:7
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    7Lord, you have put joy in my heart, more than they have when their grain and their wine are increased.

  • Prov 16:20
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    20He who gives attention to the law of right will get good; and whoever puts his faith in the Lord is happy.

  • Eccl 2:25
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    25Who may take food or have pleasure without him?

  • Job 15:20
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    20The evil man is in pain all his days, and the number of the years stored up for the cruel is small.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.

  • Ps 97:11
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    11Light is shining on the lovers of righteousness, and for the upright in heart there is joy.

  • Prov 13:25
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    25The upright man has food to the full measure of his desire, but there will be no food for the stomach of evil-doers.