Proverbs 15:13-22
Authorized (King James) Version
13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance:
but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge:
but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
15 All the days of the afflicted are evil:
but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
16 Better is little with the fear of the Lord
than great treasure and trouble therewith.
17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is,
than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife:
but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
19 The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns:
but the way of the righteous is made plain.
20 A wise son maketh a glad father:
but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
21 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom:
but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed:
but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
KJV reproduced by permission of Cambridge University Press, the Crown’s patentee in the UK.