Proverbs 15:15

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

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  • 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:13-14
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    13A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

    14The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

  • Prov 17:22
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    22A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

  • Prov 15:16
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    16Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.

  • Prov 14:13
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    13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

  • Eccl 8:15
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    15Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

  • Prov 12:25
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    25Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

  • Eccl 7:2-4
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    2It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.

    3Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

    4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

  • Eccl 5:17-18
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    17All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

    18Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.

  • Ps 90:15
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    15Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.

  • Eccl 5:20
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    20For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.

  • Eccl 10:19
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    19A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.

  • Prov 15:30
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    30The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.

  • Eccl 7:14-15
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    14In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

    15All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.

  • Ps 104:15
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    15And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.

  • Prov 28:14
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    14Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.

  • Eccl 9:7
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    7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

  • Eccl 3:12
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    12I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

  • Lam 5:15
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    15The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

  • Prov 14:30
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    30A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

  • Ps 32:11
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    11Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

  • Prov 19:23
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    23The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

  • Eccl 9:3
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    3This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

  • 1 Thess 5:16
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    16Rejoice evermore.

  • Prov 29:6
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    6In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

  • Job 8:21
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    21Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.

  • Isa 24:7
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    7The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.

  • Eccl 11:8
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    8But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.

  • Eccl 11:10
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    10Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.

  • Prov 12:20
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    20Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

  • Prov 23:7
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    7For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

  • Prov 25:20
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    20As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.

  • Ps 4:7
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    7Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.

  • Prov 16:20
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    20He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.

  • Eccl 2:25
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    25For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?

  • Job 15:20
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    20The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

  • Ps 97:11
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    11Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

  • Prov 13:25
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    25The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.