Proverbs 15:15

Modern English Version

All the days of the afflicted are evil, but he who is of a merry heart has a continual feast.

Cross References

Genesis 37:35

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 mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.

Genesis 47:9

And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred and thirty years. My days of the years of my life have been few and evil, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the lives of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.”

Proverbs 15:13

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

Proverbs 15:14

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

Proverbs 15:16

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

Proverbs 16:22

Understanding is a fountain of life to him who has it, but the discipline of fools is folly.

Proverbs 17:22

A heart of cheer does good like a medicine, but a wounded spirit dries up the bones.

Acts 16:25

At 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 suffering, persevere in prayer,

Romans 5:11

Furthermore, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our rejoicing is this: The testimony of our conscience is that we conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you, in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God.

2 Corinthians 1:5

As the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ.

2 Corinthians 6:10

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; and as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

1 Peter 4:13

But rejoice insofar as you share in Christ’s sufferings, so that you may rejoice and be glad also in the revelation of His glory.