Proverbs 15:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁵ All the days of the poor are hard, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ All the days of the desponding and afflicted are made evil [by anxious thoughts and forebodings], but he who has a glad heart has a continual feast [regardless of circumstances].

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹⁵ All the days of the needy are hard, but a happy heart has a continual feast.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ All the days of the poor are evil. A secure mind is like a continual feast.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ All the days of the poor are evil: a secure mind is like a continual feast.

Proverbs 15:15 Cross References

Genesis 37:35

All his sons and all his daughters sought to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father bewailed him.

Genesis 47:9

Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my earthly sojourn are one hundred thirty; few and hard have been the years of my life. They do not compare with the years of the life of my ancestors during their long sojourn.”

Proverbs 15:13

A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

Proverbs 15:14

The mind of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

Proverbs 15:16

Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble with it.

Proverbs 16:22

Wisdom is a fountain of life to one who has it, but folly is the punishment of fools.

Proverbs 17:22

A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.

Acts 16:25

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

Romans 12:12

Rejoice in hope; be patient in affliction; persevere in prayer.

Romans 5:11

But more than that, we even boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

2 Corinthians 1:12

Indeed, this is our boast, the testimony of our conscience: we have behaved in the world with holiness and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God—and all the more toward you.

2 Corinthians 1:5

For just as the sufferings of Christ are abundant for us, so also our consolation is abundant through Christ.

2 Corinthians 6:10

as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing everything.

1 Peter 4:13

But rejoice insofar as you are sharing Christ’s sufferings, so that you may also be glad and shout for joy when his glory is revealed.