Proverbs 17:22

Proverbs Of Solomon

²¹ He who gives birth to a fool does it to his sorrow because 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 takes a bribe to pervert the ways of judgment.

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Proverbs 15:13

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

Proverbs 12:25

Anxiety in the heart of man make it heavy, but a good word makes it glad.

Psalm 22:15

My power is dried up like pieces of broken pottery. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me down in the dust of death.

Proverbs 18:14

The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness. So who can tolerate a wounded spirit?

2 Corinthians 7:10

For godly sorrow works repentance leading to salvation. This is a repentance that brings no regret: but the sorrow of the world works death.

Psalm 32:3-4

When I kept silent about my sins, my body wasted away and I groaned all day long.

Psalm 102:3-5

My days have been consumed in smoke, and my bones have been scorched like 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

We have access to grace (God's favor) by faith through him. This is where we stand. We rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

2 Corinthians 2:7

To the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excess sorrow.