Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Bible References
Merry
Proverbs 12:25 Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down,
But agood word makes it glad.
But a
Proverbs 15:13 A joyful heart makes a cheerful face,
Butwhen the heart is sad, the spirit is broken.
But
Proverbs 18:14 The spirit of a man can endure his sickness,
But as for abroken spirit who can bear it?
But as for a
Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go then, eat your bread in happiness and drink your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved your works.
Romans 5:2
through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God.
A broken
Psalm 22:15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd,
Andmy tongue cleaves to my jaws;
And Youlay me in the dust of death.
And
And You
Psalm 32:3 When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away
Through mygroaning all day long.
Through my
Psalm 102:3 For my days have been consumed in smoke,
And mybones have been scorched like a hearth.
And my
2 Corinthians 2:7
so that on the contrary you should rather forgive and comfort him, otherwise such a one might be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
2 Corinthians 7:10
For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death.