Proverbs 17:22

Proverbs Of Solomon

²¹ He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow; And the father of a fool hath no joy. ²² A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones. ²³ A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of justice.

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Proverbs 15:13

A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance; But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

Proverbs 12:25

Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop; But a good word maketh it glad.

Psalm 22:15

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

Proverbs 18:14

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; But a broken spirit who can bear?

2 Corinthians 7:10

For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

Psalm 32:3-4

When I kept silence, my bones wasted away Through my groaning all the day long.

Psalm 102:3-5

For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand.

Ecclesiastes 9:7-9

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.

Romans 5:2-5

through whom also we have had our access by faith into this grace wherein we stand; and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

2 Corinthians 2:7

so that contrariwise ye should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his overmuch sorrow.