Proverbs 17:22

Proverbs Of Solomon

²¹ He who sires a fool gets himself sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy. ²² A joyful heart is good medicine,
But a broken spirit dries up the bones.
²³ The wicked accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice.

Do Good

Proverbs 15:13

A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed.

Proverbs 12:25

Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.

Psalm 22:15

my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death.

Proverbs 18:14

A man's spirit will endure sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?

2 Corinthians 7:10

For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.

Psalm 32:3-4

For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.

Psalm 102:3-5

For my days pass away like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace.

Ecclesiastes 9:7-9

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.

Romans 5:2-5

Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

2 Corinthians 2:7

so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.