Proverbs 12:25
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25 Worry weighs a person down;
an encouraging word cheers a person up.
Proverbs 16:24
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24 Kind words are like honey—
sweet to the soul and healthy for the body.
Proverbs 15:13
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13 A glad heart makes a happy face;
a broken heart crushes the spirit.
Proverbs 17:22
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22 A cheerful heart is good medicine,
but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength.
Isaiah 50:4
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The Lord’s Obedient Servant
4 The Sovereign Lord has given me his words of wisdom,
so that I know how to comfort the weary.
Morning by morning he wakens me
and opens my understanding to his will.
Proverbs 15:23
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23 Everyone enjoys a fitting reply;
it is wonderful to say the right thing at the right time!
Proverbs 12:18
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18 Some people make cutting remarks,
but the words of the wise bring healing.
Zechariah 1:13
New Living Translation
13 And the Lord spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who talked with me.
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Proverbs 27:9
New Living Translation
9 The heartfelt counsel of a friend
is as sweet as perfume and incense.
Psalm 42:11
New Living Translation
11 Why am I discouraged?
Why is my heart so sad?
I will put my hope in God!
I will praise him again—
my Savior and my God!
Proverbs 18:14
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14 The human spirit can endure a sick body,
but who can bear a crushed spirit?
Proverbs 25:11
New Living Translation
11 Timely advice is lovely,
like golden apples in a silver basket.
Proverbs 15:15
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15 For the despondent, every day brings trouble;
for the happy heart, life is a continual feast.
2 Corinthians 2:4-7
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4 I wrote that letter in great anguish, with a troubled heart and many tears. I didn’t want to grieve you, but I wanted to let you know how much love I have for you.
Forgiveness for the Sinner
5 I am not overstating it when I say that the man who caused all the trouble hurt all of you more than he hurt me. 6 Most of you opposed him, and that was punishment enough. 7 Now, however, it is time to forgive and comfort him. Otherwise he may be overcome by discouragement.
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Mark 14:33-34
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33 He took Peter, James, and John with him, and he became deeply troubled and distressed. 34 He told them, “My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.”
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Proverbs 14:10
New Living Translation
10 Each heart knows its own bitterness,
and no one else can fully share its joy.
Psalm 38:6
New Living Translation
6 I am bent over and racked with pain.
All day long I walk around filled with grief.
Nehemiah 2:1-2
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Nehemiah Goes to Jerusalem
2 Early the following spring, in the month of Nisan,[a] during the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes’ reign, I was serving the king his wine. I had never before appeared sad in his presence. 2 So the king asked me, “Why are you looking so sad? You don’t look sick to me. You must be deeply troubled.”
Then I was terrified,
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- 2:1 Hebrew In the month of Nisan. This month of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar occurred within the months of April and May 445 B.c.
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