Nehemiah 2:2

Bible in Basic English 1965

And the king said to me, Why is your face sad, seeing that you are not ill? this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was full of fear;

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And he said to the servants of Pharaoh who were in prison with him, Why are you looking so sad?

Hope put off is a weariness to the heart; but when what is desired comes, it is a tree of life.

A glad heart makes a shining face, but by the sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.