Proverbs 15:30 (BSB)

The light of the eyes cheers the heart, and good news nourishes the bones.

From Proverbs 15. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 15:30

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 15:30: Two things are here pronounced pleasant: - 1. It is pleasant to have a good prospect to see the light of the sun (Ecc 11:7) and by it to see the wonderful works of God, with which this lower world is beautified and enriched. Those that want the mercy know how to value it; how would the light of the eyes rejoice their hearts!
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 15:30: 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 does give joy of heart; but rather the objects seen by the light of the eyes, as Jarchi; as green gardens, flowing rivers, pleasant meadows, rising hills...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 15:30: light of the eyes-- (Pro 13:9). What gives light rejoiceth the heart, by relieving from anxiety as to our course; so good report--or, "doctrine" (Isa 28:9; Isa 53:1), maketh . . . fat--or, "gives prosperity" (Pro 3:13-17; Pro 9:11). The last clause is illustrated by the first.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 15:30: Pro 15:30 Two proverbs regarding the eye and the ear: 30 The light of the eye rejoiceth the heart, And a good message maketh the bones fat. Hitzig corrects also here: מראה עינים, that which is seen with the eyes, viz., after long desire; and certainly מראה עינים can mean not only that which the eyes see (Isa 11:3), but also this, that the eyes do see.