Proverbs 15:13

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Nehemiah 2:2

So the king said to me, “Why is your face troubled though you do not seem sick? This is nothing but a troubled heart.” Then I became very much afraid

Proverbs 12:25

Anxiety in the heart of man weighs it down, but a good word cheers it up.

Proverbs 14:30

A sound mind is the life of the flesh, but envy is the rottenness of the bones.

Proverbs 15:15

All the days of the afflicted are evil, but he who is of a merry heart has a continual feast.

Proverbs 17:22

A heart of cheer does good like a medicine, but a wounded spirit dries up the bones.

Proverbs 18:14

The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness, but a wounded spirit, who can bear?

John 14:1

“Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God. Believe also in Me.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our rejoicing is this: The testimony of our conscience is that we conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you, in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God.

2 Corinthians 2:7

So on the contrary, you ought to forgive him and comfort him, lest perhaps he might be swallowed up with excessive sorrow.

2 Corinthians 7:10

Godly sorrow produces repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret, but the sorrow of the world produces death.