Proverbs 17:22

Proverbs Of Solomon

²¹ He that begets a fool does it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool has no joy. ²² A merry heart does good like a medicine: but a broken spirit dries the bones. ²³ A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom to pervert the ways of justice.

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Proverbs 15:13

A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

Proverbs 12:25

Heaviness in the heart of man makes him stoop: but a good word makes him glad.

Psalm 22:15

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue clings to my jaws; and you have brought me to the dust of death.

Proverbs 18:14

The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

2 Corinthians 7:10

For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation not to be regretted: but the sorrow of the world works death.

Psalm 32:3-4

When I kept silence, my bones grew old through my groaning all the day long.

Psalm 102:3-5

For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a hearth.

Ecclesiastes 9:7-9

Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God now accepts your works.

Romans 5:2-5

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

2 Corinthians 2:7

So that instead you ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with too much sorrow.