²⁵ Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

¹⁰ The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.

¹³ Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

¹³ A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

¹⁵ All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

²² A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

¹⁴ The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

²⁰ As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.

²⁵ As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.