Proverbs 17:22
King James Version
22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
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Proverbs 17:22
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Proverbs 15:13
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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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Proverbs 15:13
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Proverbs 12:25
King James Version
25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
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Proverbs 12:25
New International Version
25 Anxiety weighs down the heart,(A)
but a kind word cheers it up.
Proverbs 18:14
King James Version
14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
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Proverbs 18:14
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14 The human spirit can endure in sickness,
but a crushed spirit who can bear?(A)
2 Corinthians 7:10
King James Version
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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2 Corinthians 7:10
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10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation(A) and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
Romans 5:2-5
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2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
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Romans 5:2-5
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2 through whom we have gained access(A) by faith into this grace in which we now stand.(B) And we[a] boast in the hope(C) of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but we[b] also glory in our sufferings,(D) because we know that suffering produces perseverance;(E) 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope(F) does not put us to shame, because God’s love(G) has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit,(H) who has been given to us.
Footnotes
- Romans 5:2 Or let us
- Romans 5:3 Or let us
Ecclesiastes 9:7-9
King James Version
7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
8 Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 9:7-9
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7 Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine(A) with a joyful heart,(B) for God has already approved what you do. 8 Always be clothed in white,(C) and always anoint your head with oil. 9 Enjoy life with your wife,(D) whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun—all your meaningless days. For this is your lot(E) in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun.
Psalm 22:15
King James Version
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
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Footnotes
- Psalm 22:15 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text strength
2 Corinthians 2:7
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7 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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2 Corinthians 2:7
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7 Now instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him,(A) so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
Psalm 102:3-5
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3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
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Psalm 32:3-4
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3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
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Psalm 32:3-4
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- Psalm 32:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 5 and 7.
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