Proverbs 15:15
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 15
“All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.”Proverbs 15:15
What Does Proverbs 15:15 Mean?
Proverbs 15:15 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 15, verse 15 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 17 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Joy.
Cross-References (17)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 15:15 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
2 Corinthians 6:10“As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.”Romans 12:12“Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;”Proverbs 15:13“A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.”Proverbs 17:22“A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.”Romans 5:11“And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.”Proverbs 12:25“Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.”Romans 5:2“By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.”2 Corinthians 7:10“For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.”Acts 16:25“And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.”2 Corinthians 1:5“For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.”1 Peter 1:6“Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:”1 Peter 4:13“But 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.”Proverbs 16:22“Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.”Genesis 37:35“And 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.”Genesis 47:9“And 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.”Psalms 90:7“For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.”2 Corinthians 1:12“For 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.”
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