Proverbs 15:15

15 All the days of the oppressed are wretched, but the cheerful heart has a continual feast.

Proverbs 15:15 in Other Translations

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

15 All the days of the afflicted are evil, but the cheerful of heart has a continual feast.

15 For the despondent, every day brings trouble; for the happy heart, life is a continual feast.

15 A miserable heart means a miserable life; a cheerful heart fills the day with song.

15 All the days of the afflicted are evil; But he that is of a cheerful heart [hath] a continual feast.

15 Every day is a terrible day for a miserable person, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

15 All the days of the oppressed are miserable, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

15 All the days of those who are crushed are filled with pain and suffering. But a cheerful heart enjoys a good time that never ends.

Proverbs 15:15 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 15:15

All the days of the afflicted [are] evil
And some are afflicted all their days, from their youth up; so that not only the days of old age are evil days, in which they have no pleasure, but even the days of their youth; all their days, as Jacob says, "few and evil have the days of the years of my life been", ( Genesis 47:9 ) ; because they had been filled up with affliction and trouble of one sort or another. Or, "all the days of the poor" ^F6; either in purse, who want many of the good things of life; or in knowledge, as Gersom and Aben Ezra observe; but he that is of a merry heart [hath] a continual feast;
a heart that has "the kingdom of God" in it, which lies "not [in] meat and drink, but [in] righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost", ( Romans 14:17 ) : which has the love of God shed abroad in it by the Spirit, where Christ dwells by faith; and that lives by faith on him, and on the provisions of his grace; all this is a constant continual feast to a gracious soul, made joyful hereby.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 (yne) "pauperis", V. L. Pagninus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Mercerus, Michaelis.

Proverbs 15:15 In-Context

13 A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit.

14 The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.

15 All the days of the oppressed are wretched, but the cheerful heart has a continual feast.

16 Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great wealth with turmoil.

17 Better a small serving of vegetables with love than a fattened calf with hatred.

Cross References

• 1. ver 13