Proverbs 15:13

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 17:22 : 22 A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
  • Prov 18:14 : 14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; But a broken spirit who can bear?
  • Prov 12:25 : 25 Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop; But a good word maketh it glad.
  • Prov 15:15 : 15 All the days of the afflicted are evil; But he that is of a cheerful heart [hath] a continual feast.
  • Neh 2:2 : 2 And the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid.
  • John 14:1 : 1 Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me.
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our glorifying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
  • 2 Cor 2:7 : 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.
  • 2 Cor 7:10 : 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, [a repentance] which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 17:22
    89%

    22A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

  • Eccl 7:2-4
    3 verses
    84%

    2It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.

    3Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.

    4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

  • Prov 14:13-14
    2 verses
    83%

    13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; And the end of mirth is heaviness.

    14The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways; And a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.

  • Prov 15:14-16
    3 verses
    82%

    14The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.

    15All the days of the afflicted are evil; But he that is of a cheerful heart [hath] a continual feast.

    16Better is little, with the fear of Jehovah, Than great treasure and trouble therewith.

  • Prov 12:25
    82%

    25Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop; But a good word maketh it glad.

  • Prov 15:30
    77%

    30The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart; [And] good tidings make the bones fat.

  • Prov 18:14
    74%

    14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; But a broken spirit who can bear?

  • Prov 14:30
    73%

    30A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; But envy is the rottenness of the bones.

  • Prov 25:20
    73%

    20[ As] one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, [and as] vinegar upon soda, So is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.

  • Ps 104:15
    73%

    15And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, [And] oil to make his face to shine, And bread that strengtheneth man's heart.

  • Jas 4:9
    72%

    9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

  • Lam 5:15
    72%

    15The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.

  • Prov 23:15
    72%

    15My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart will be glad, even mine:

  • Prov 14:10
    72%

    10The heart knoweth its own bitterness; And a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.

  • Job 8:21
    72%

    21He will yet fill thy mouth with laughter, And thy lips with shouting.

  • Prov 15:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.

    21Folly is joy to him that is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding maketh straight his going.

  • Prov 15:23
    71%

    23A man hath joy in the answer of his mouth; And a word in due season, how good is it!

  • Eccl 11:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

    10Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

  • Eccl 8:15
    71%

    15Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that shall abide with him in his labor [all] the days of his life which God hath given him under the sun.

  • Prov 15:4
    71%

    4A gentle tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.

  • Prov 13:12
    71%

    12Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

  • Prov 15:7
    70%

    7The lips of the wise disperse knowledge; But the heart of the foolish [doeth] not so.

  • Ps 32:11
    70%

    11Be glad in Jehovah, and rejoice, ye righteous; And shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

  • Rom 12:15
    70%

    15Rejoice with them that rejoice; weep with them that weep.

  • Isa 24:7
    70%

    7The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merry-hearted do sigh.

  • Prov 10:22
    70%

    22The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich; And he addeth no sorrow therewith.

  • Ps 51:8
    70%

    8Make me to hear joy and gladness, That the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

  • Ps 4:7
    70%

    7Thou hast put gladness in my heart, More than [they have] when their grain and their new wine are increased.

  • Prov 19:3
    70%

    3The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.

  • Ps 147:3
    70%

    3He healeth the broken in heart, And bindeth up their wounds.

  • Eccl 10:19
    70%

    19A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life; and money answereth all things.

  • Prov 12:20
    70%

    20Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil; But to the counsellors of peace is joy.

  • Prov 27:9
    69%

    9Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man's friend [that cometh] of hearty counsel.

  • Ps 97:11
    69%

    11Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart.

  • Eccl 2:2
    69%

    2I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it?

  • Prov 13:15
    69%

    15Good understanding giveth favor; But the way of the transgressor is hard.

  • Prov 15:12
    69%

    12A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise.

  • Eccl 7:6
    69%

    6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.