Proverbs 15:13

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 17:22 : 22 ¶ A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
  • Prov 18:14 : 14 ¶ The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
  • Prov 12:25 : 25 ¶ Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
  • Prov 15:15 : 15 ¶ All the days of the afflicted [are] evil: but he that is of a merry heart [hath] a continual feast.
  • Neh 2:2 : 2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why [is] thy countenance sad, seeing thou [art] not sick? this [is] nothing [else] but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
  • John 14:1 : 1 ¶ ‹Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.›
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 ¶ For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
  • 2 Cor 2:7 : 7 So that contrariwise ye [ought] rather to forgive [him], and comfort [him], lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
  • 2 Cor 7:10 : 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 17:22
    89%

    22¶ A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

  • Eccl 7:2-4
    3 verses
    84%

    2[It 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.

  • Prov 14:13-14
    2 verses
    83%

    13¶ Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth [is] heaviness.

    14¶ The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.

  • Prov 15:14-16
    3 verses
    82%

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

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

    16¶ Better [is] little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.

  • Prov 12:25
    82%

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

  • Prov 15:30
    77%

    30¶ The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: [and] a good report maketh the bones fat.

  • Prov 18:14
    74%

    14¶ The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

  • Prov 14:30
    73%

    30¶ A sound heart [is] the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

  • Prov 25:20
    73%

    20¶ [As] 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 104:15
    73%

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

  • Jas 4:9
    72%

    9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.

  • Lam 5:15
    72%

    15The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

  • Prov 23:15
    72%

    15My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

  • Prov 14:10
    72%

    10¶ The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.

  • Job 8:21
    72%

    21Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.

  • Prov 15:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20¶ A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

    21¶ Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

  • Prov 15:23
    71%

    23¶ A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word [spoken] in due season, how good [is it]!

  • Eccl 11:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these [things] God will bring thee into judgment.

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

  • Eccl 8:15
    71%

    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 15:4
    71%

    4¶ A wholesome tongue [is] a tree of life: but perverseness therein [is] a breach in the spirit.

  • Prov 13:12
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    12¶ Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but [when] the desire cometh, [it is] a tree of life.

  • Prov 15:7
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    7¶ The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish [doeth] not so.

  • 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.

  • Rom 12:15
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    15Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

  • Isa 24:7
    70%

    7The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.

  • Prov 10:22
    70%

    22¶ The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

  • Ps 51:8
    70%

    8Make me to hear joy and gladness; [that] the bones [which] thou hast broken may rejoice.

  • Ps 4:7
    70%

    7Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time [that] their corn and their wine increased.

  • Prov 19:3
    70%

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

  • Ps 147:3
    70%

    3He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

  • Eccl 10:19
    70%

    19A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all [things].

  • Prov 12:20
    70%

    20¶ Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace [is] joy.

  • Prov 27:9
    69%

    9¶ Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so [doth] the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

  • Ps 97:11
    69%

    11Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

  • Eccl 2:2
    69%

    2I said of laughter, [It is] mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

  • Prov 13:15
    69%

    15¶ Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors [is] hard.

  • Prov 15:12
    69%

    12¶ A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.

  • Eccl 7:6
    69%

    6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so [is] the laughter of the fool: this also [is] vanity.