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 a good word cheers it up.
but a good word cheers it up.
Proverbs 15:13 A joyful heart makes a face cheerful,
but a sad heart produces a broken spirit.
but a sad heart produces a broken spirit.
Proverbs 18:14 A man’s spirit can endure sickness,
but who can survive a broken spirit?
but who can survive a broken spirit?
Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go, eat your bread with pleasure, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already accepted your works.
Romans 5:2
We have also obtained access through Him by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
A broken
Psalm 22:15 My strength is dried up like baked clay;
my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.
You put me into the dust of death.
my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.
You put me into the dust of death.
Psalm 32:3 When I kept silent, my bones became brittle
from my groaning all day long.
from my groaning all day long.
Psalm 102:3 For my days vanish like smoke,
and my bones burn like a furnace.
and my bones burn like a furnace.
2 Corinthians 2:7
As a result, you should instead forgive and comfort him. Otherwise, this one may be overwhelmed by excessive grief.
2 Corinthians 7:10
For godly grief produces a repentance not to be regretted and leading to salvation, but worldly grief produces death.