Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Merry
Bible References
Merry
2 Corinthians 1:12
For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and purity of God, not in carnal wisdom, but in the grace of God, we have sojourned in the world, and especially towards you.
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John 14:1
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
2 Corinthians 2:7
so on the contrary you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one may be swallowed up with excessive grief.
2 Corinthians 7:10
For a godly sorrow works repentance unto salvation not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world works out death.