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Proverbs 15:13–16

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A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.
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From verse 13

  1. Proverbs 17:22Rank 1 from verse 13
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    22A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

  2. John 14:1Rank 2 from verse 13
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    1LET not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

  3. Proverbs 12:25Rank 3 from verse 13
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    25Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

  4. Proverbs 18:14Rank 4 from verse 13
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    14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

  5. Proverbs 15:15Rank 5 from verse 13
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    15All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

  6. 2 Corinthians 7:10Rank 6 from verse 13
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    10For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

  7. 2 Corinthians 2:7Rank 7 from verse 13
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    7So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

  8. 2 Corinthians 1:12Rank 8 from verse 13
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    12For 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.

  9. Nehemiah 2:2Rank 9 from verse 13
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    2Wherefore 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,

From verse 14

  1. Proverbs 9:9Rank 1 from verse 14
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    9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

  2. Isaiah 30:10Rank 2 from verse 14
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    10Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:

  3. Proverbs 18:15Rank 3 from verse 14
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    15The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

  4. 2 Peter 3:18Rank 4 from verse 14
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    18But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

  5. Acts 17:11Rank 5 from verse 14
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    11These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

  6. Proverbs 1:5Rank 6 from verse 14
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    5A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

  7. 1 Kings 3:6–12Rank 7 from verse 14
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    6And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

    7And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.

    8And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

    9Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

    10And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.

    11And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;

    12Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.

  8. Hosea 12:1Rank 8 from verse 14
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    1EPHRAIM feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.

  9. Isaiah 44:20Rank 9 from verse 14
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    20He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

  10. Psalms 119:100Rank 10 from verse 14
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    100I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

  11. Psalms 119:97Rank 11 from verse 14
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    97O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

  12. Proverbs 12:23Rank 12 from verse 14
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    23A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

From verse 15

  1. 2 Corinthians 6:10Rank 1 from verse 15
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    10As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

  2. Romans 12:12Rank 2 from verse 15
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    12Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

  3. Proverbs 15:13Rank 3 from verse 15
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    13A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

  4. Proverbs 17:22Rank 4 from verse 15
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    22A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

  5. Romans 5:11Rank 5 from verse 15
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    11And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.

  6. Romans 5:2–3Rank 6 from verse 15
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    2By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

    3And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

  7. 1 Peter 1:6–8Rank 7 from verse 15
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    6Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

    7That 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:

    8Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

  8. 2 Corinthians 1:5Rank 8 from verse 15
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    5For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.

  9. Acts 16:25Rank 9 from verse 15
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    25¶ And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

  10. 1 Peter 4:13Rank 10 from verse 15
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    13But 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.

  11. Proverbs 16:22Rank 11 from verse 15
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    22Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

  12. 2 Corinthians 1:12Rank 12 from verse 15
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    12For 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.

  13. Genesis 37:35Rank 13 from verse 15
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    35And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

  14. Genesis 47:9Rank 14 from verse 15
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    9And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

  15. Psalms 90:7–9Rank 15 from verse 15
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    7For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.

    8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

    9For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

From verse 16

  1. Proverbs 16:8Rank 1 from verse 16
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    8Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

  2. Psalms 37:16Rank 2 from verse 16
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    16A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

  3. Ecclesiastes 5:10–12Rank 3 from verse 16
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    10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

    11When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?

    12The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

  4. 1 Timothy 6:6Rank 4 from verse 16
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    6But godliness with contentment is great gain.

  5. Proverbs 28:6Rank 5 from verse 16
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    6Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

  6. Proverbs 10:22Rank 6 from verse 16
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    22The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

  7. Ecclesiastes 2:18–23Rank 7 from verse 16
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    18¶ Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

    19And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

    20Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

    21For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

    22For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

    23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

  8. Ecclesiastes 2:10–11Rank 8 from verse 16
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    10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.

    11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

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DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 15:13

COMBINED MEANING

merry

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Glad, cheerful, joyful, festive, pleased, or enlivened in heart, often in connection with eating, drinking, feasting, celebration, or favourable circumstances.

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COMBINED MEANING

heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

maketh

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Third-person singular present form of make (to form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition).

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countenance

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1. The face, or its appearance or expression. 2. Favour, regard, or presence expressed toward someone. 3. To favour or support.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

sorrow

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Sense 1: Grief, sadness, anguish, pain, regret, distress, trouble, or heaviness. Sense 2: To grieve or cause such pain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

spirit

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Sense 1: An immaterial living or personal being distinct from a body. Sense 2: The inward life, disposition, mind, or courage of a person. Sense 3: The Holy Spirit, the divine Spirit of God.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 15:14

COMBINED MEANING

heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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understanding

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1. The capacity or act of perceiving, comprehending, discerning, judging, interpreting, or applying knowledge. 2. Knowledge, insight, wisdom, or prudent judgment possessed or gained. 3. Skill or ability in a work, art, subject, vision, saying, or interpretation.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

fools

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Persons lacking wisdom or sound judgment, especially in moral or spiritual conduct.

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COMBINED MEANING

on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

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DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 15:15

COMBINED MEANING

evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

merry

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Glad, cheerful, joyful, festive, pleased, or enlivened in heart, often in connection with eating, drinking, feasting, celebration, or favourable circumstances.

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COMBINED MEANING

heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

feast

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Sense 1: A large or special meal, often connected with an appointed celebration. Sense 2: As a verb, to eat or entertain at such a meal.

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DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 15:16

COMBINED MEANING

better

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Sense 1: More excellent, more fitting, or to a greater degree. Sense 2: To improve or make better.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

fear

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1. Alarm, dread, terror, or apprehension. 2. Reverence, awe, or respectful regard. 3. A person, thing, or event feared or revered. 4. To fear, dread, or reverence.

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treasure

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Sense 1: Valuable things or provisions stored; a specially valued possession. Sense 2: An inward store from which something is brought forth.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

trouble

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Sense 1: Disturbance, affliction, distress, vexation, or difficulty. Sense 2: To disturb, distress, afflict, or inconvenience.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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15:12A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.

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

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15:14The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

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

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

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15:17Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

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