Proverbs 17:22

Proverbs Of Solomon

²¹ He who sires a fool does so to his 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 A wicked man receives a bribe from the bosom
To pervert the ways of justice.

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Proverbs 15:13

A joyful heart makes a cheerful face,
But when the heart is sad, the spirit is broken.

Proverbs 12:25

Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down,
But a good word makes it glad.

Psalm 22:15

My strength is dried up like a potsherd,
And my tongue cleaves to my jaws;
And You lay me in the dust of death.

Proverbs 18:14

The spirit of a man can endure his sickness,
But as for a broken spirit who can bear it?

2 Corinthians 7:10

For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death.

Psalm 32:3-4

When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away
Through my groaning all day long.

Psalm 102:3-5

For my days have been consumed in smoke,
And my bones have been scorched like a hearth.

Ecclesiastes 9:7-9

Go then, eat your bread in happiness and drink your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved your works.

Romans 5:2-5

through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God.

2 Corinthians 2:7

so that on the contrary you should rather forgive and comfort him, otherwise such a one might be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.