Proverbs 15:13 - Revised Standard Version CI

¹³ 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

¹³ A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: But by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken. [Prov. 17:22.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance; But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

Common English Bible

¹³ A joyful heart brightens one’s face, but a troubled heart breaks the spirit.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ A rejoicing heart gladdens the face. But by the grief of the soul, the spirit is cast down.

Proverbs 15:13 Cross References

Nehemiah 2:2

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 12:25

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

Proverbs 14:30

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

Proverbs 15:15

All the days of the afflicted are evil, 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

A man's spirit will endure sickness; but a broken spirit who can bear?

John 14:1

“Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God, believe also in me.

2 Corinthians 1:12

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.

2 Corinthians 2:7

so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

2 Corinthians 7:10

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