Proverbs 12:25
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25 (A)Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down,
but a good word makes him glad.
Proverbs 16:24
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Proverbs 15:13
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Isaiah 50:4
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4 The Lord God has given (A)me
the tongue of those who are taught,
that (B)I may know how to sustain with a word
(C)him who is weary.
Morning by morning he awakens;
he awakens my ear
to hear as those who are taught.
Proverbs 17:22
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Proverbs 15:23
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23 To make an apt answer is a joy to a man,
and (A)a word in season, how good it is!
Proverbs 12:18
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18 (A)There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts,
but the tongue of the wise brings (B)healing.
Proverbs 27:9
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9 (A)Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:9 Or and so does the sweetness of a friend that comes from his earnest counsel
Zechariah 1:13
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13 And the Lord answered (A)gracious and comforting words to (B)the angel who talked with me.
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2 Corinthians 2:4-7
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4 For (A)I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.
Forgive the Sinner
5 Now (B)if anyone has caused pain, (C)he has caused it not to me, but (D)in some measure—not to put it too severely—to all of you. 6 For such a one, (E)this punishment by the majority is enough, 7 so (F)you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
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Proverbs 18:14
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14 A man's spirit will endure sickness,
but (A)a crushed spirit who can bear?
Psalm 42:11
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11 (A)Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation and my God.
Proverbs 25:11
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11 (A)A word fitly spoken
is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.
Proverbs 15:15
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15 All the days of the afflicted are evil,
but (A)the cheerful of heart has a continual feast.
Psalm 38:6
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Mark 14:33-34
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33 And he took with him (A)Peter and James and John, and began (B)to be greatly distressed and troubled. 34 And he said to them, (C)“My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and (D)watch.”[a]
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- Mark 14:34 Or keep awake; also verses 37, 38
Proverbs 14:10
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10 The heart knows its own (A)bitterness,
and no stranger shares its joy.
Nehemiah 2:1-2
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Nehemiah Sent to Judah
2 In the month of Nisan, (A)in the twentieth year of King (B)Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, (C)I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence. 2 And the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, seeing you are not sick? This is nothing but (D)sadness of the heart.” Then I was very much afraid.
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