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Proverbs 15:30

The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.

The light of the eyes (the eyes of a great man regarding one with favour, ; especially the "light of God's countenance" lifted up upon one, ; ) rejoiceth the heart: (and) a good report maketh the bones fat - as it were, supplies them with marrow; affects with good the very inmost parts of the frame, through the sympathy that there is between the mind and the body. Such is the effect on the whole man of hearing effectually the Gospel "good report," or message of the King of kings.

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See also Proverbs 15:30 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Proverbs 15:30. _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 giv...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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 Proverbs 16:15. A GOOD...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 15 THE BETTER THINGS One can read through the proverbs recorded in this chapter and ask the question, What are the better things? A soft answer which turneth away wrath is better than grievou...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    PROVERBS 15. This chapter makes no new departure. Proverbs concerning the moral government of the world again occupy the chief place. One (Proverbs 15:11) is noteworthy as showing an extended concepti...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _The light of the eyes_ This is sometimes understood to mean the beaming eyes of kindly regard with which others look upon us (comp. the phrase "the light of the countenance," Psalms 4:6 [Hebrews 7];...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THE LIGHT OF THE EYES REJOICETH THE HEART— _The light of the eyes refresheth the mind; a good report the marrow of the bones._ Houbigant. In the same manner that the sensible light rejoices a sound ey...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT Proverbs 15:23-33 23. A man hath joy in the answer of his mouth; And a word in due season, how good is it! 24. To the wise the way of life goeth upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneat...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE LIGHT OF THE EYES] i.e. good fortune....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 15 V1 A quiet answer reduces anger. But an impatient word increases anger....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Even our smiling faces can cheer other people! People are glad, if we smile. Our words can achieve more than our happy faces. The Christian message is good news. God can change people’s lives. He wil...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE LIGHT OF THE EYES... — It does the heart good to see one whose eyes are sparkling with happiness. A GOOD REPORT. — Good news, affecting either oneself or others....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    מְֽאֹור ־עֵ֭ינַיִם יְשַׂמַּֽח ־לֵ֑ב שְׁמוּעָ֥ה טֹ֝ובָ֗ה...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 16 A PASSIONATE DISPOSITION "A soft answer turneth away wrath: but a grievous word stirreth up anger." In the LXX there is another clause inserted at the beginning.- Proverbs 15:1 "A meek t...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Fat. And contributes to health. By less noble motives, the mind is gradually raised to the more excellent._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. A wise son maketh a...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THE LIGHT OF THE EYES REJOICETH THE HEART,.... Not so much the visive power, the faculty of seeing, a strong and clear eyesight; though this is a great mercy, and from the Lord, and to be prized, and...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: [and] a good report maketh the bones fat._ Ver. 30. _The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart._] Light and sight are very comfortable. He was a mad fool t...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart_, &c. “In the same manner that the sensible light rejoices a sound eye, and diffuses its pleasure through the whole soul, so a good reputation gives pleasure...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    V. 30. THE LIGHT OF THE EYES REJOICETH THE HEART, when the eyes shine with a friendly luster, the influence thereby exerted upon the heart of one' s neighbor is such as to impart some of the cheer to...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE LIGHT OF THE EYES REJOICETH THE HEART; the light which we see with our eyes, and by the help of which we see many other pleasant objects, is a great comfort and refreshment. Compare ECCLESIASTES 1...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 15:30 light H3974 eyes H5869 rejoices H8055 (H8762) heart H3820 good H2896 report H8052 makes H1878 bo

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The course of the wicked man is an abomination to God, neither is there any offering he can make to God that can be accepte...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Proverbs 15:1. _A soft answer turneth away wrath._ It bows to the tempest, it names a mitigating circumstance, it gives a favourable turn to misconstruction, it proposes a better way. My father, said...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 15:25 These proverbs begin and end with a contrast: THE LORD opposes the PROUD (v....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 15:30_ CHEERFULNESS AND GOOD TIDINGS Two views are taken of the meaning of the first clause of this verse. Some understand it to mean that the objective light that plays...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION PROVERBS 15:1 A SOFT ANSWER TURNETH AWAY WRATH. Two things are here to be observed: an answer should be given—the injured person should not wrap himself in sullen silence; and that answer...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Fifteen. I love this first one here. A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger (Proverbs 15:1). How oftentimes a person comes just raging and a soft answer turns away wrath. If...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Ecclesiastes 11:7; Ezra 9:8; Isaiah 58:11; Luke 2:10; Proverbs 13:9;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    A good report — A good name. Fat — Not only chears a man for the present, but gives him such stable comfort as revives his soul, and gives vigour to his body....

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