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
Proverbs 15:15
All the days of the afflicted are evil, And gladness of heart is a perpetual banquet.
Proverbs 17:22
A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.
2 Corinthians 1:12
For our glorying is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we did conduct ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you;
By
Proverbs 12:25
Sorrow in the heart of a man boweth down, And a good word maketh him glad.
Proverbs 18:14
The spirit of a man sustaineth his sickness, And a smitten spirit who doth bear?
Nehemiah 2:2
and the king saith to me, 'Wherefore is thy face sad, and thou not sick? this is nothing except sadness of heart;' and I fear very much,
John 14:1
'Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe;
2 Corinthians 2:7
so that, on the contrary, it is rather for you to forgive and to comfort, lest by over abundant sorrow such a one may be swallowed up;
2 Corinthians 7:10
for the sorrow toward God reformation to salvation not to be repented of doth work, and the sorrow of the world doth work death,