Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

Bible References

Merry

2 Corinthians 1:12
For my boast is what my conscience tells me, that my relations to the world and still more to you have been marked by pure motives and godly sincerity, not by worldly shrewdness but by the favor of God.

By

John 14:1
"Your minds must not be troubled; you must believe in God, and believe in me.
2 Corinthians 2:7
and so you must now turn around and forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by his remorse.
2 Corinthians 7:10
For the pain that God approves results in a repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regrets; but the world's pain results in death.