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.