Proverbs 12:25
Anxiety in a person's heart weighs him down, but an encouraging word brings him joy.
Proverbs 15:13
A joyful heart makes the face cheerful, but by a painful heart the spirit is broken.
Proverbs 15:23
A person has joy in giving an appropriate answer, and a word at the right time -- how good it is!
Isaiah 50:4
The sovereign Lord has given me the capacity to be his spokesman, so that I know how to help the weary. He wakes me up every morning; he makes me alert so I can listen attentively as disciples do.
Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
Proverbs 17:22
A cheerful heart brings good healing, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Nehemiah 2:1-2
Then in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was brought to me, I took the wine and gave it to the king. Previously I had not been depressed in the king's presence.
Psalm 38:6
I am dazed and completely humiliated; all day long I walk around mourning.
Psalm 42:11
Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.
Proverbs 12:18
Speaking recklessly is like the thrusts of a sword, but the words of the wise bring healing.
Proverbs 14:10
The heart knows its own bitterness, and with its joy no one else can share.
Proverbs 15:15
All the days of the afflicted are bad, but one with a cheerful heart has a continual feast.
Proverbs 18:14
A person's spirit sustains him through sickness -- but who can bear a crushed spirit?
Proverbs 25:11
Like apples of gold in settings of silver, so is a word skillfully spoken.
Proverbs 27:9
Ointment and incense make the heart rejoice, likewise the sweetness of one's friend from sincere counsel.
Zechariah 1:13
The Lord then addressed good, comforting words to the angelic messenger who was speaking to me.
Mark 14:33-34
He took Peter, James, and John with him, and became very troubled and distressed.
2 Corinthians 2:4-7
For out of great distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not to make you sad, but to let you know the love that I have especially for you.