Proverbs 15:15

New King James 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

And all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and he said, “For I shall go down into the grave to my son in mourning.” Thus 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; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life 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 mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.

Proverbs 15:16

Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, Than great treasure with trouble.

Proverbs 16:22

Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it. But the correction of fools is folly.

Proverbs 17:22

A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones.

Acts 16:25

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

Romans 12:12

rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer;

Romans 5:11

And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

2 Corinthians 1:12

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

2 Corinthians 1:5

For 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; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

1 Peter 4:13

but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy.