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
Heaviness discourageth the heart of man, but a good word maketh it glad again.
Proverbs 15:13
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance; but an unquiet mind maketh it heavy.
Proverbs 18:14
A good stomach driveth away a man's disease; but when the spirit is vexed, who may abide it?
Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go thou thy way then, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with gladness, for thy works please God.
Romans 5:2
by whom we have a way in, through faith, unto this grace wherein we stand and rejoice in hope of the praise that shall be given of God.
A broken
Psalm 22:15
My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my gums, and thou shalt bring me into the dust of death.
Psalm 32:3
For while I held my tongue, my bones consumed away through my daily complaining.
Psalm 102:3
For my days are consumed away like smoke, and my bones are burnt up as it were a firebrand.
2 Corinthians 2:7
So that now contrariwise ye ought to forgive him and comfort him: lest that same person should be swallowed up with overmuch heaviness.
2 Corinthians 7:10
For ye sorrowed godly: so that in nothing were ye hurt by us. For godly sorrow causeth repentance, unto salvation not to be repented of: when worldly sorrow causeth death.