Proverbs 15:13
New Living Translation
13 A glad heart makes a happy face;
a broken heart crushes the spirit.
Proverbs 17:22
New Living Translation
22 A cheerful heart is good medicine,
but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength.
John 14:1
New Living Translation
Jesus, the Way to the Father
14 “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me.
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Proverbs 18:14
New Living Translation
14 The human spirit can endure a sick body,
but who can bear a crushed spirit?
Proverbs 12:25
New Living Translation
25 Worry weighs a person down;
an encouraging word cheers a person up.
Proverbs 15:15
New Living Translation
15 For the despondent, every day brings trouble;
for the happy heart, life is a continual feast.
2 Corinthians 7:10
New Living Translation
10 For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There’s no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death.
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2 Corinthians 2:7
New Living Translation
7 Now, however, it is time to forgive and comfort him. Otherwise he may be overcome by discouragement.
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2 Corinthians 1:12
New Living Translation
Paul’s Change of Plans
12 We can say with confidence and a clear conscience that we have lived with a God-given holiness[a] and sincerity in all our dealings. We have depended on God’s grace, not on our own human wisdom. That is how we have conducted ourselves before the world, and especially toward you.
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- 1:12 Some manuscripts read honesty.
Nehemiah 2:2
New Living Translation
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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