Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
Heaviness
Bible References
Heaviness
Proverbs 14:10 The heart knows its own bitterness,
and no outsider shares in its joy.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
sweet to the taste
Proverbs 25:11 A word spoken at the right time
is like gold apples on a silver tray.
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.
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.
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.