13 A happy heart makes the face cheerful,(A)
    but heartache crushes the spirit.(B)

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13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

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22 A cheerful heart is good medicine,
    but a crushed(A) spirit dries up the bones.(B)

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22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

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Jesus Comforts His Disciples

14 “Do not let your hearts be troubled.(A) You believe(B) in God[a];(C) believe also in me.

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Footnotes

  1. John 14:1 Or Believe in God

14 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

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14 The human spirit can endure in sickness,
    but a crushed spirit who can bear?(A)

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14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

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25 Anxiety weighs down the heart,(A)
    but a kind word cheers it up.

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25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

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15 All the days of the oppressed are wretched,
    but the cheerful heart has a continual feast.(A)

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15 All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

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10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation(A) and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.

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10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

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Now instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him,(A) so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

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So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

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Paul’s Change of Plans

12 Now this is our boast: Our conscience(A) testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity[a](B) and godly sincerity.(C) We have done so, relying not on worldly wisdom(D) but on God’s grace.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 1:12 Many manuscripts holiness

12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

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so the king asked me, “Why does your face look so sad when you are not ill? This can be nothing but sadness of heart.”

I was very much afraid,

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Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,

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