A Verse Mapping Bible Study on Proverbs
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Week 18: Proverbs 15:13
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Scripture Memory
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. Proverbs 15:13
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. Proverbs 15:13
A m____ h____ m_____ a c_______ c__________: b__ b_ s_____ o_ t__ h____ t__ s_____ i_ b_____. Proverbs 15:13
Bible Context
Who?
King Solomon
When?
Early in his reign, after 970 B.C.
Why?
To apply God’s wisdom to daily life.
For whom?
Israelites (The Jewish People).
Word Studies
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. Proverbs 15:13
Merry | שָׂמֵחַ
śāmēaḥ
Pronunciation: saw-may'-akh
Definition:
- Joyful, merry, glad
- Showing joy
Translations:
- Rejoice 11x
- Glad 4x
- Merry 3x
Cheerful | יָטַב
yāṭaḇ
Pronunciation: yaw-tab'
Definition:
- To be good, be pleasing
- to make a thing good or right or beautiful
Translations:
- well 35x
- good 21x
- please 14x
- merry 5x
Countenance | פָּנִים
pānîm
Pronunciation: paw-neem'
Definition:
- face
- presence, person
Translations:
- before 1,137x
- face 390x
- presence 76x
- countenance 30x
Sorrow | עַצֶּבֶת
ʿaṣṣeḇeṯ
Pronunciation: ats-tseh'-beth
Definition:
- pain, hurt, injury, sorrow, wound
Translations:
- sorrow 4x
- wounds 1x
Spirit | רוּחַ
rûaḥ
Pronunciation: roo'-akh
Definition:
- wind, breath, mind, spirit
- the living, breathing being in man and animals
- spirit as seat especially of moral character
Translations:
- Spirit or spirit 232x
- Wind 92x
- Breath 27x
Broken | נָכָא
nāḵā'
Pronunciation: naw-kay'
Definition:
- stricken
Translations:
- broken 2x
- stricken 1x
- wounded 1x
Paraphrase
A [joyful] heart maketh a [pleasing] [presence]: but by [pain] of the heart the [living, breathing being in man] is [stricken]. Proverbs 15:13
Bible Cross References
Proverbs 17:22
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
2 Corinthians 2:7
So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
2 Corinthians 7:10
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
