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Proverbs 15:30

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

KJV

Lux oculorum lætificat animam ; fama bona impinguat ossa.

Vulgate

The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart; Andgood tidings make the bones fat.

ASV

מְֽאוֹר עֵ֭ינַיִם יְשַׂמַּֽח לֵ֑ב שְׁמוּעָ֥ה ט֝וֹבָ֗ה תְּדַשֶּׁן עָֽצֶם

Hebrew

The light of the eyes rejoiceth the soul: a good name maketh the bones fat.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
י
y
noun · 591×
י
y
noun · 126×
יְדֻשָּֽׁן
ydshn
verb · 11×
יִשְׂמְחוּ
yshmchv
verb · 153×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
מָּא֑וֹר
m'vr
noun · 19×
שְׁמוּעָ֖ה
shmv'h
noun · 27×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Eccl 11:7 — Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
  • Eccl 11:7 — Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
  • Ezra 9:8 — And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a litt
  • Isa 58:11 — And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
  • Luke 2:10 — And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
  • Prov 3:8 — It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
  • Prov 13:9 — The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
  • Prov 17:22 — A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
  • Prov 25:25 — As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
  • Prov 25:25 — As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
  • Prov 28:25 — He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
  • Ps 89:15 — Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
  • Rev 21:23 — And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
  • Rev 22:5 — And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.