A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
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Proverbs 17:22 · 10 connections
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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?
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. …
End of linked passage: Romans 5:5Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. …
End of linked passage: Ecclesiastes 9:9For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. …
End of linked passage: Psalms 102:5So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. …
End of linked passage: Psalms 32:4Original source and licence · Import and validation record · Five excluded rows