Proverbs 15:30
in Proverbs 15The light of the eyes cheers the heart, and good news nourishes the bones.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart; And good tidings make the bones fat.
KJV
The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.
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This verse in Proverbs 15
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThe light of the eyes rejoices the soul, etc. It rightly delights the human mind, when it recognizes, by the Lord's revelation, that it has perceived the light of heavenly mysteries. Which another translation more clearly says, The eye seeing good things delights the heart, …
This site's exposition
The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer
on Proverbs 15:28-30
“The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer,” weighing a reply first, “but the mouth of the wicked blurts out evil”. “The LORD is far from the wicked” in the sense that matters, unwilling to hear them, “but He hears the prayer of the righteous”.
This site's exposition
The light of the eyes cheers the heart
The two lines pair what the eye sees with what the ear hears. Bede cites another translation, the eye that sees good things delights the heart, and reads the light as heavenly mysteries the Lord reveals. Both gladden the whole man.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart,....
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
53:1), maketh . . . fat--or, "gives prosperity" (Pr 3:13-17; The last clause is illustrated by the first. (Compare Pr 10:17). reproof of life--which leads to life. abideth . . . wise--is numbered among them.
The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart - Nature and art are continually placing before our view a multitude of the most resplendent images, each of which is calculated to give pleasure. The man who has a correct judgment, and an accurate eye, may not only amuse, but instruct himself endlessly, by the beauties of nature and art.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The light of the eyes - The brightness which shines in the eyes of one whose heart and face are alike full of joy. Such a look acts with a healing and quickening power. Compare Pro 16:15. A good report - i. e., Good news.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מְֽאוֹר־ | meor- | light of | H3974 → | |
| עֵ֭ינַיִם | ʾeinayim | eyes | H5869 → | 887 times |
| יְשַׂמַּֽח־ | yesamach- | it makes glad | H8055 → | 155 times |
| לֵ֑ב | lev | a heart | H3820 → | 595 times |
| שְׁמוּעָ֥ה | shemuah | a report | H8052 → | |
| ט֝וֹבָ֗ה | tovah | good | H2896 → | 538 times |
| תְּדַשֶּׁן־ | tedashen- | it fattens | H1878 → | 11 times |
| עָֽצֶם׃ | ʾatzem | [the] bone[s] | H6106 → | 126 times |
מְֽאוֹר־light of
meor-H3974 →
עֵ֭ינַיִםeyes
ʾeinayimH5869 →887 times
יְשַׂמַּֽח־it makes glad
yesamach-H8055 →155 times
לֵ֑בa heart
levH3820 →595 times
שְׁמוּעָ֥הa report
shemuahH8052 →
ט֝וֹבָ֗הgood
tovahH2896 →538 times
תְּדַשֶּׁן־it fattens
tedashen-H1878 →11 times
עָֽצֶם׃[the] bone[s]
ʾatzemH6106 →126 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 58:11The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
it leads to
- John 4:14
But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
- Jeremiah 31:12
They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and…
- Psalms 32:8
I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.
- Isaiah 49:10
They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.
- John 16:13
However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to…
- John 4:14
Through
Revelation 21:23And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.
it leads to
- Isaiah 60:19–20
No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Revelation 22:5
There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and…
- Isaiah 60:19–20
Through
Revelation 22:5There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and…
it leads to
- Daniel 7:18
But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom and possess it forever—yes, forever and ever.’
- Daniel 7:18
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About Proverbs
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on Proverbs; Charles Bridges, An Exposition of the Book of Proverbs; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.