Proverbs 17:22

Proverbs Of Solomon

²¹ He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy. ²² A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. ²³ A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.

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Proverbs 15:13

A glad heart makes a cheerful face; but an aching heart breaks the spirit.

Proverbs 12:25

Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.

Psalm 22:15

My strength is dried up like a potsherd. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have brought me into the dust of death.

Proverbs 18:14

A man's spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?

2 Corinthians 7:10

For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world works death.

Psalm 32:3-4

When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.

Psalm 102:3-5

For my days consume away like smoke. My bones are burned as a torch.

Ecclesiastes 9:7-9

Go your way -- eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.

Romans 5:2-5

through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

2 Corinthians 2:7

so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.