Proverbs 15:13

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

A joyful heart makes a face cheerful, but a sad heart produces a broken spirit.

Cross References

Proverbs 17:22

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

John 14:1

‘Don’t let your heart be troubled.   Believe   in God;   believe also in me.

Proverbs 18:14

A person’s spirit can endure sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit?

Proverbs 12:25

Anxiety in a person’s heart weighs it down, but a good word cheers it up.

Proverbs 15:15

All the days of the oppressed are miserable, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

2 Corinthians 7:10

For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly grief produces death.

2 Corinthians 2:7

As a result, you should instead forgive  and comfort him. Otherwise, he may be overwhelmed by excessive grief.

2 Corinthians 1:12

Indeed, this is our boast: The testimony  of our conscience  is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially towards you, with godly sincerity and purity, not by human wisdom  but by God’s grace.

Nehemiah 2:2

so the king said to me, ‘Why do you look so sad,  when you aren’t ill? This is nothing but sadness of heart.’ I was overwhelmed with fear

Proverbs 14:30

A tranquil heart is life to the body, but jealousy is rottenness to the bones.