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 of him that hath understanding will neither despair for any sorrow; nor be too presumptuous for any sudden joy.
Proverbs 15:13
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance; but an unquiet mind maketh it heavy.
Proverbs 17:22
A merry heart maketh a lusty age; but a sorrowful mind drieth up the bones.
Proverbs 18:14
A good stomach driveth away a man's disease; but when the spirit is vexed, who may abide it?
Nehemiah 2:1
In the month Nisan in the twentieth year of king Artaxerxes, when the wine stood before him, I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king and I was heavy in his presence.
Psalm 38:6
I am brought into so great trouble and misery, that I go mourning all the day long.
Psalm 42:11
Why art thou so vexed, O my soul, and why art thou so disquieted within me? O put thy trust in God; for I will yet thank him, which is the help of my countenance, and my God.
Mark 14:33
And he took with him Peter, James, and John, and he began to wax abashed and to be in an agony.
But
Proverbs 12:18
A slanderous person pricketh like a sword; but a wise man's tongue is wholesome.
Proverbs 15:23
A joyful thing it is to a man, when his counsel is followed; and very pleasant is a word spoken in due season.
Proverbs 16:24
Fair words are a honeycomb, a refreshing of the mind, and health of the bones.
Proverbs 25:11
A word spoken in due season, is like apples of gold in a silver dish.
Proverbs 27:9
The heart is glad of a sweet ointment and savour, but a stomach that can give good counsel, rejoiceth a man's neighbour.
Isaiah 50:4
The LORD God hath given me a well learned tongue, so that I can comfort them which are troubled; yea, and that in due season. He waked mine ear up betimes in the morning, as schoolmasters do; that I might hark.
Zechariah 1:13
So the LORD gave a loving and comfortable answer unto the angel that talked with me.
2 Corinthians 2:4
For in great affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears: not to make you sorry, but that ye might perceive the love which I have most specially unto you.