13 A joyful heart makes a face cheerful,
but a sad heart produces a broken spirit.(A)

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13 (A)A glad heart makes a cheerful face,
    but by (B)sorrow of heart the spirit is (C)crushed.

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15 All the days of the oppressed are miserable,
but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

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

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30 Bright eyes cheer the heart;
good news strengthens[a] the bones.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 15:30 Lit makes fat

30 (A)The light of the eyes rejoices the heart,
    and (B)good news refreshes[a] the bones.

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  1. Proverbs 15:30 Hebrew makes fat