Proverbs 15:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Prov 17:22 : 22 A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries 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 Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a good word makes it glad.
  • Prov 15:15 : 15 All the days of the afflicted are evil, but he who has a merry heart has a continual feast.
  • Neh 2:2 : 2 Therefore the king said to me, Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much afraid,
  • John 14:1 : 1 Let not your heart be troubled: you 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 conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.
  • 2 Cor 2:7 : 7 So, on the contrary, you ought rather to forgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up with excessive sorrow.
  • 2 Cor 7:10 : 10 For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world produces death.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 17:22
    89%

    22A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries 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 take it to heart.

    3Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the face the heart is made better.

    4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of laughter.

  • Prov 14:13-14
    2 verses
    83%

    13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

    14The backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways, but a good man will be satisfied from himself.

  • Prov 15:14-16
    3 verses
    82%

    14The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.

    15All the days of the afflicted are evil, but he who has a merry heart has a continual feast.

    16Better is a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with trouble.

  • Prov 12:25
    82%

    25Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a good word makes it glad.

  • Prov 15:30
    77%

    30The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, and a good report makes the bones healthy.

  • Prov 18:14
    74%

    14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

  • Prov 14:30
    73%

    30A sound heart is life to the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones.

  • Prov 25:20
    73%

    20Like one who takes away a garment in cold weather, and like vinegar on soda, is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

  • Ps 104:15
    73%

    15And wine that makes glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shine, and bread which strengthens man's heart.

  • Jas 4:9
    72%

    9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.

  • Lam 5:15
    72%

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

  • Prov 23:15
    72%

    15My son, if your heart is wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

  • Prov 14:10
    72%

    10The heart knows its own bitterness, and a stranger does not share its joy.

  • Job 8:21
    72%

    21Till He fills your mouth with laughter, and your lips with rejoicing.

  • Prov 15:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

    21Folly is joy to him who is destitute of wisdom, but a man of understanding walks uprightly.

  • Prov 15:23
    71%

    23A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, and a word spoken in due season, how good it is!

  • Eccl 11:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

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

    10Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh, for childhood and youth are vanity.

  • Eccl 8:15
    71%

    15So I commended joy, because a man has no better thing under the sun than to eat, drink, and be merry; for this will remain with him in his labor the days of his life, which God gives him under the sun.

  • Prov 15:4
    71%

    4A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it is a break in the spirit.

  • Prov 13:12
    71%

    12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.

  • Prov 15:7
    70%

    7The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but the heart of the foolish does not.

  • Ps 32:11
    70%

    11Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, you righteous; shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart.

  • Rom 12:15
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    15Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

  • Isa 24:7
    70%

    7The new wine mourns, the vine languishes, all the merry-hearted do sigh.

  • Prov 10:22
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    22The blessing of the LORD makes rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.

  • Ps 51:8
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    8Make me hear joy and gladness, that the bones you have broken may rejoice.

  • Ps 4:7
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    7You have put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their grain and their wine increased.

  • Prov 19:3
    70%

    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • Ps 147:3
    70%

    3He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds.

  • Eccl 10:19
    70%

    19A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes merry: but money answers all things.

  • Prov 12:20
    70%

    20Deceit is in the heart of those who imagine evil, but to the counselors of peace there is joy.

  • Prov 27:9
    69%

    9Ointment and perfume make the heart rejoice; so does the sweetness of a man's friend through earnest 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 madness," and of mirth, "What does it accomplish?"

  • Prov 13:15
    69%

    15Good understanding gives favor, but the way of transgressors is hard.

  • Prov 15:12
    69%

    12A scorner does not love one who reproves him, nor will he go to 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.