Proverbs 15:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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King 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.

Proverbs 15:13 Cross References

Nehemiah 2:2

So the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This can only be sadness of the heart.” Then I was very much afraid.

Proverbs 12:25

Anxiety weighs down the human heart, but a good word cheers it up.

Proverbs 14:30

A tranquil mind gives life to the flesh, but jealousy makes the bones rot.

Proverbs 15:15

All the days of the poor are hard, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

Proverbs 17:22

A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.

Proverbs 18:14

The human spirit will endure sickness, but a broken spirit—who can bear?

John 14:1

“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.

2 Corinthians 1:12

Indeed, this is our boast, the testimony of our conscience: we have behaved in the world with holiness and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God—and all the more toward you.

2 Corinthians 2:7

so now instead you should forgive and console him, so that he may not be overwhelmed by even worse grief.

2 Corinthians 7:10

For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret, but worldly grief produces death.