And the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, seeing you are not sick? This is nothing else but sadness of the heart.” Then I was very much afraid.
Proverbs 15:13 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: But by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken. [Prov. 17:22.] American Standard Version (1901) A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance; But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken. Common English Bible A joyful heart brightens one’s face, but a troubled heart breaks the spirit. Catholic Public Domain Version A rejoicing heart gladdens the face. But by the grief of the soul, the spirit is cast down. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by grief of mind the spirit is cast down. |
And the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, seeing you are not sick? This is nothing else but sadness of the heart.” Then I was very much afraid.
All the days of the afflicted are evil, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.
A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.
For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience that we have behaved in the world, and still more toward you, with holiness and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God.
so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret, but worldly grief produces death.