Proverbs 18:14
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14 The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness,
But who can bear a broken spirit?
Proverbs 15:13
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13 (A)A merry heart makes a cheerful [a]countenance,
But (B)by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:13 face
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
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9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly (A)I will rather boast in my infirmities, (B)that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore (C)I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. (D)For when I am weak, then I am strong.
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Proverbs 17:22
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:22 Or makes medicine even better
1 Peter 1:6
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6 (A)In this you greatly rejoice, though now (B)for a little while, if need be, (C)you have been [a]grieved by various trials,
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- 1 Peter 1:6 distressed
James 1:2
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Profiting from Trials
2 My brethren, (A)count it all joy (B)when you fall into various trials,
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Psalm 147:3
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- Psalm 147:3 Lit. sorrows
2 Corinthians 2:7
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7 (A)so that, on the contrary, you ought rather to forgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up with too much sorrow.
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Romans 5:3-5
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3 And not only that, but (A)we also glory in tribulations, (B)knowing that tribulation produces [a]perseverance; 4 (C)and perseverance, [b]character; and character, hope. 5 (D)Now hope does not disappoint, (E)because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
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- Romans 5:3 endurance
- Romans 5:4 approved character
Psalm 77:2-3
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2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord;
My hand was stretched out in the night without ceasing;
My soul refused to be comforted.
3 I remembered God, and was troubled;
I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah
Mark 14:33-34
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33 And He (A)took Peter, James, and John with Him, and He began to be troubled and deeply distressed. 34 Then He said to them, (B)“My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch.”
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Psalm 109:22
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22 For I am poor and needy,
And my heart is wounded within me.
Psalm 88:14-16
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14 Lord, why do You cast off my soul?
Why do You hide Your face from me?
15 I have been afflicted and ready to die from my youth;
I suffer Your terrors;
I am distraught.
16 Your fierce wrath has gone over me;
Your terrors have [a]cut me off.
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- Psalm 88:16 destroyed me
Psalm 42:10-11
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10 As with a [a]breaking of my bones,
My enemies [b]reproach me,
(A)While they say to me all day long,
“Where is your God?”
11 (B)Why are you cast down, O my soul?
And why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God;
For I shall yet praise Him,
The [c]help of my countenance and my God.
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- Psalm 42:10 Lit. shattering
- Psalm 42:10 revile
- Psalm 42:11 Lit. salvation
Psalm 38:2-4
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2 For Your arrows pierce me deeply,
And Your hand presses me down.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh
Because of Your anger,
Nor any health in my bones
Because of my sin.
4 For my iniquities have gone over my head;
Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
Psalm 32:3-4
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3 When I kept silent, my bones grew old
Through my groaning all the day long.
4 For day and night Your (A)hand was heavy upon me;
My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. Selah
Job 1:20-21
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2 Corinthians 1:12
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Paul’s Sincerity
12 For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world in [a]simplicity and (A)godly sincerity, (B)not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and more abundantly toward you.
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- 2 Corinthians 1:12 The opposite of duplicity
Romans 8:35-37
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35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written:
(A)“For Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”
37 (B)Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
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Psalm 55:5
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5 Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me,
And horror has overwhelmed me.
Psalm 55:3
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3 Because of the voice of the enemy,
Because of the oppression of the wicked;
(A)For they bring down trouble upon me,
And in wrath they hate me.
Psalm 30:9-10
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9 “What profit is there in my blood,
When I go down to the pit?
(A)Will the dust praise You?
Will it declare Your truth?
10 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy on me;
Lord, be my helper!”
Job 7:14-15
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14 Then You scare me with dreams
And terrify me with visions,
15 So that my soul chooses strangling
And death rather than [a]my body.
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- Job 7:15 Lit. my bones
Job 6:4
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4 (A)For the arrows of the Almighty are within me;
My spirit drinks in their poison;
(B)The terrors of God are arrayed (C)against me.
Job 2:7-10
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7 So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and struck Job with painful boils (A)from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. 8 And he took for himself a potsherd with which to scrape himself (B)while he sat in the midst of the ashes.
9 Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? [a]Curse God and die!”
10 But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. (C)Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?” (D)In all this Job did not (E)sin with his lips.
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