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 (encouraging) word makes it glad.
Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down,
But a good (encouraging) word makes it glad.
Proverbs 15:13
A heart full of joy and goodness makes a cheerful face,
But when a heart is full of sadness the spirit is crushed.
A heart full of joy and goodness makes a cheerful face,
But when a heart is full of sadness the spirit is crushed.
Proverbs 18:14
The spirit of a man sustains him in sickness,
But as for a broken spirit, who can bear it?
The spirit of a man sustains him in sickness,
But as for a broken spirit, who can bear it?
Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go your way, eat your bread with joy and drink your wine with a cheerful heart [if you are righteous, wise, and in the hands of God]; for God has already approved and accepted your works.
Romans 5:2
Through Him we also have access by faith into this [remarkable state of] grace in which we [firmly and safely and securely] stand. Let us rejoice in our hope and the confident assurance of [experiencing and enjoying] the glory of [our great] God [the manifestation of His excellence and power].
A broken
Psalm 22:15
My strength is dried up like a fragment of clay pottery;
And my [dry] tongue clings to my jaws;
And You have laid me in the dust of death.
My strength is dried up like a fragment of clay pottery;
And my [dry] tongue clings to my jaws;
And You have laid me in the dust of death.
Psalm 32:3
When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away
Through my groaning all the day long.
When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away
Through my groaning all the day long.
Psalm 102:3
For my days have vanished in smoke,
And my bones have been scorched like a hearth.
For my days have vanished in smoke,
And my bones have been scorched like a hearth.
2 Corinthians 2:7
so instead [of further rebuke, now] you should rather [graciously] forgive and comfort and encourage him, to keep him from being overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
2 Corinthians 7:10
For [godly] sorrow that is in accord with the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation; but worldly sorrow [the hopeless sorrow of those who do not believe] produces death.