Nehemiah 2:2

A Conservative Version

And the king said to me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much afraid.

Cross References

Proverbs 15:13

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

Genesis 40:7

And he asked Pharaoh's officers who were with him in ward in his master's house, saying, Why do ye look so sad today?

Proverbs 13:12

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