Proverbs 12:25

A person's anxiety weighs down his heart, but an appropriate word is encouraging.

Proverbs 15:13

A happy heart enlightens the face, but a sad heart reflects a broken spirit.

Proverbs 15:23

An appropriate answer brings joy to a person, and a well-timed word is a good thing.

Isaiah 50:4

"The Lord GOD has given me a learned tongue, so that I may know how to sustain the weary with words. And morning after morning he wakens, and he wakens my ear to listen like those who are being taught.

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are honey from a honeycomb sweet to the soul and healing for the body.

Proverbs 17:22

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit drains one's strength.

Nehemiah 2:1-2

It came about in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes, during the month of Nissan, the king was about to drink some wine that I was preparing for him. Now I had never looked troubled in his presence.

Psalm 38:6

I am bent over and walk about greatly bowed down; all day long I go around mourning.

Psalm 42:11

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, for once again I will praise him, since his presence saves me and he is my God.

Proverbs 12:18

Some speak rashly like the cutting of a sword, but what the wise say promotes healing.

Proverbs 14:10

The heart knows its own bitterness an outsider cannot share in its joy.

Proverbs 15:15

The entire life of the afflicted seems disastrous, but a good heart feasts continuously.

Proverbs 18:14

A man's spirit can sustain him during his illness, but who can bear a crushed spirit?

Proverbs 25:11

Like golden apples set in silver is a word spoken at the right time.

Proverbs 27:9

Ointments and perfume encourage the heart; in a similar way, a friend's advice is sweet to the soul.

Zechariah 1:13

So the LORD answered the angel who was speaking to me with kind and comforting words.

Mark 14:33-34

He took Peter, James, and John along with him, and he began to feel distressed and troubled.

2 Corinthians 2:4-7

I wrote to you out of great sorrow and anguish of heart along with many tears not to make you sad but to let you know how much love I have for you.

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Heaviness

Proverbs 14:10
The heart knows its own bitterness an outsider cannot share in its joy.
Proverbs 15:13
A happy heart enlightens the face, but a sad heart reflects a broken spirit.
Proverbs 17:22
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit drains one's strength.
Proverbs 18:14
A man's spirit can sustain him during his illness, but who can bear a crushed spirit?
Nehemiah 2:1
It came about in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes, during the month of Nissan, the king was about to drink some wine that I was preparing for him. Now I had never looked troubled in his presence.
Psalm 38:6
I am bent over and walk about greatly bowed down; all day long I go around mourning.
Psalm 42:11
Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, for once again I will praise him, since his presence saves me and he is my God.
Mark 14:33
He took Peter, James, and John along with him, and he began to feel distressed and troubled.

But

Proverbs 12:18
Some speak rashly like the cutting of a sword, but what the wise say promotes healing.
Proverbs 15:23
An appropriate answer brings joy to a person, and a well-timed word is a good thing.
Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are honey from a honeycomb sweet to the soul and healing for the body.
Proverbs 25:11
Like golden apples set in silver is a word spoken at the right time.
Proverbs 27:9
Ointments and perfume encourage the heart; in a similar way, a friend's advice is sweet to the soul.
Isaiah 50:4
"The Lord GOD has given me a learned tongue, so that I may know how to sustain the weary with words. And morning after morning he wakens, and he wakens my ear to listen like those who are being taught.
Zechariah 1:13
So the LORD answered the angel who was speaking to me with kind and comforting words.
2 Corinthians 2:4
I wrote to you out of great sorrow and anguish of heart along with many tears not to make you sad but to let you know how much love I have for you.

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