Proverbs Chapter 15 verse 15 Holy Bible
All the days of the afflicted are evil; But he that is of a cheerful heart `hath' a continual feast.
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All the days of the troubled are evil; but he whose heart is glad has an unending feast.
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All the days of the afflicted are evil; but a cheerful heart is a continual feast.
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All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
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All the days of the afflicted are wretched, But one who has a cheerful heart enjoys a continual feast.
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All the days of the afflicted `are' evil, And gladness of heart `is' a perpetual banquet.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 15. - All the days of the afflicted are evil. "The days of the poor are evil," says the Talmud ('Dukes,' 73); but in our verse the contrasted clause restricts the sense of "the afflicted" to mental, not material, evil. The Vulgate pauperis gives a wrong impression. The persons intended are such as take a gloomy view of things, who are always in low spirits, and cannot rise superior to present circumstances. These never have a happy moment; they are always taking anxious thought (Matthew 6:25), and forecasting evil. The LXX., reading עיני for עני, translates, "At all times the eyes of the evil expect evil." But he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. The cheerful man's condition is a banquet unceasingly, a fixed state of joy and contentment. Septuagint, "But the righteous are at peace always;" Vulgate, "A secure mind is like a perpetual feast." "For," says St. Gregory ('Moral,' 12:44), "the mere repose of security is like the continuance of refreshment. Whereas, on the other hand, the evil mind is always set in pains and labours, since it is either contriving mischiefs that it may bring down, or fearing lest these be brought down upon it by others." Our own proverb says, "A contented mind is a continual feast."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(15) All the days of the afflicted are evil.--Another caution against over-anxiety. The "afflicted" here evidently means, not one who has to bear great misfortunes, but one who makes the worst of everything, to whom the "clouds return after the rain" (Ecclesiastes 12:2); while one who is "of a merry heart" does just the contrary.
