Proverbs 15:13

Proverbs Of Solomon

¹² A scoffer does not like {his rebuke}; to the wise he will not go. ¹³ A heart of gladness will make good {countenance}, but in sorrow of heart a spirit is broken. ¹⁴ The heart of him who understands will seek knowledge, but the faces of fools, they will feed on folly.

Sorrow of Heart

Proverbs 17:22

A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a downcast spirit will dry out bones.

Proverbs 12:25

Anxiety in the heart of a man will weigh him down, but a good word will cheer him.

Proverbs 18:14

The spirit of a man will endure his sickness, but a broken spirit, who may bear it?

Proverbs 15:15

All the days of the poor [are] hard, but goodness of heart [is] a continuous feast.

Nehemiah 2:2

So the king said to me, "Why is your face sad since you are not sick? This is nothing but sadness of the heart." And I was very much afraid.

John 14:1

"Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our reason for boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, in holiness and purity of motive from God, not in merely human wisdom, but by the grace of God.

2 Corinthians 2:7

So then, you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest somehow this person should be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

2 Corinthians 7:10

For grief according to [the will of] God brings about a repentance [leading] to salvation, not to be regretted, but worldly grief brings about death.