Proverbs Chapter 15 verse 13 Holy Bible
A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance; But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.
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A glad heart makes a shining face, but by the sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
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A joyful heart maketh a cheerful countenance; but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.
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A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
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A glad heart makes a cheerful face; But an aching heart breaks the spirit.
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A joyful heart maketh glad the face, And by grief of heart is the spirit smitten.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 13. - A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance. The face is the index of the condition of the mind. "In the forehead and the eyeThe lecture of the mind doth lie." And, again, "A blithe heart makes a blooming visage" (comp. Ecelus. 13:25, etc.). Septuagint, "When the heart is glad, the face bloometh (θάλλει)." But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken (Proverbs 12:25). Happiness is shown in the outward look, but sorrow has a deeper and more abiding influence; it touches the inner life, destroys the natural elasticity, creates despondency and despair (comp. Proverbs 16:24; Proverbs 17:22). Corn. a Lapide quotes St. Gregory Nazianzen's definition - "Laetitia quidnam? Mentis est diffusio.Tristitia? Cordis morsus et turbatio." Hitzig and others translate the second clause, "But in sorrow of heart is the breath oppressed." It is doubtful if the words can be so rendered, and certainly the parallelism is not improved thereby.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) By sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.--See above on Proverbs 12:25.
