Verse 15

All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 15:13 : 13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
• Prov 17:22 : 22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
• 2 Cor 6:10 : 10 As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
• Rom 5:2-3 : 2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
• Rom 5:11 : 11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
• Rom 12:12 : 12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
• 2 Cor 1:5 : 5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
• Acts 16:25 : 25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
• 1 Pet 1:6-8 : 6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: 8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
• 1 Pet 4:13 : 13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
• Prov 16:22 : 22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.