Proverbs 15:13
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 17:22 : 22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
- Prov 18:14 : 14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
- Prov 12:25 : 25 Heaviness in the heart of 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 merry heart hath a continual feast.
- Neh 2:2 : 2 Wherefore 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: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
- 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
- 2 Cor 2:7 : 7 So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
- 2 Cor 7:10 : 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Similar Verses (AI)
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22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
- Eccl 7:2-43 verses84%
2 It 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.
3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
- Prov 14:13-142 verses83%
13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
- Prov 15:14-163 verses82%
14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
15 All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
16 Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
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25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
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30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.
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14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
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30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
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20 As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
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15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
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9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
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15 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
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15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
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10 The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
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21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
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20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
21 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
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23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
- Eccl 11:9-102 verses71%
9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
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15 Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
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4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
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12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
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7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
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11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
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15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
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7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.
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22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
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8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
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7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
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3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
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3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
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19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
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20 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
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9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
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11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
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2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
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15 Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
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12 A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
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6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.