Proverbs 12:25

Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down,
but a good word cheers it up.

Proverbs 15:13

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

Proverbs 15:23

A man takes joy in giving an answer;
and a timely word—how good that is!

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord God has given Me
the tongue of those who are instructed
to know how to sustain the weary with a word.
He awakens Me each morning;
He awakens My ear to listen like those being instructed.

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are a honeycomb:
sweet to the taste and health to the body.

Proverbs 17:22

A joyful heart is good medicine,
but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

Nehemiah 2:1-2

During the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,

Psalm 38:6

I am bent over and brought low;
all day long I go around in mourning.

Psalm 42:11

Why am I so depressed?
Why this turmoil within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,
my Savior and my God.

Proverbs 12:18

There is one who speaks rashly,
like a piercing sword;
but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 14:10

The heart knows its own bitterness,
and no outsider shares in its joy.

Proverbs 15:15

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

Proverbs 18:14

A man’s spirit can endure sickness,
but who can survive a broken spirit?

Proverbs 25:11

A word spoken at the right time
is like gold apples on a silver tray.

Proverbs 27:9

Oil and incense bring joy to the heart,
and the sweetness of a friend is better than self-counsel.

Zechariah 1:13

The Lord replied with kind and comforting words to the angel who was speaking with me.

Mark 14:33-34

He took Peter, James, and John with Him, and He began to be deeply distressed and horrified.

2 Corinthians 2:4-7

For I wrote to you with many tears out of an extremely troubled and anguished heart—not that you should be hurt, but that you should know the abundant love I have for you.

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Heaviness

Proverbs 14:10
The heart knows its own bitterness,
and no outsider shares in its joy.
Proverbs 15:13
A joyful heart makes a face cheerful,
but a sad heart produces a broken spirit.
Proverbs 17:22
A joyful heart is good medicine,
but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
Proverbs 18:14
A man’s spirit can endure sickness,
but who can survive a broken spirit?
Nehemiah 2:1
During the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,
Psalm 38:6
I am bent over and brought low;
all day long I go around in mourning.
Psalm 42:11
Why am I so depressed?
Why this turmoil within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,
my Savior and my God.
Mark 14:33
He took Peter, James, and John with Him, and He began to be deeply distressed and horrified.

But

Proverbs 12:18
There is one who speaks rashly,
like a piercing sword;
but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Proverbs 15:23
A man takes joy in giving an answer;
and a timely word—how good that is!
Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are a honeycomb:
sweet to the taste and health to the body.
Proverbs 25:11
A word spoken at the right time
is like gold apples on a silver tray.
Proverbs 27:9
Oil and incense bring joy to the heart,
and the sweetness of a friend is better than self-counsel.
Isaiah 50:4
The Lord God has given Me
the tongue of those who are instructed
to know how to sustain the weary with a word.
He awakens Me each morning;
He awakens My ear to listen like those being instructed.
Zechariah 1:13
The Lord replied with kind and comforting words to the angel who was speaking with me.
2 Corinthians 2:4
For I wrote to you with many tears out of an extremely troubled and anguished heart—not that you should be hurt, but that you should know the abundant love I have for you.

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