Pro 15:13
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
King James Version
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A merry heart doeth good {like} a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. {like: or, to}
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
All the days of the afflicted {are} evil: but he that is of a merry heart {hath} a continual feast.
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
So that contrariwise ye {ought} rather to forgive {him}, and comfort {him}, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
Wherefore the king said unto me, Why {is} thy countenance sad, seeing thou {art} not sick? this {is} nothing {else} but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
A merry heart doeth good {like} a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. {like: or, to}
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
All the days of the afflicted {are} evil: but he that is of a merry heart {hath} a continual feast.
Wherefore the king said unto me, Why {is} thy countenance sad, seeing thou {art} not sick? this {is} nothing {else} but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. {his own...: Heb. the bitterness of his soul}
How long shall I take counsel in my soul, {having} sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.