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

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.