Nehemiah 2:2

New International Reader's Version

So the king asked me, “Why are you looking so sad? You aren’t sick. You must be feeling very sad.” I was really afraid.

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They were Pharaoh’s officials, and they were in prison with Joseph in his master’s house. So he asked them, “Why do you look so sad today?”

Hope that is put off makes one sick at heart. But a desire that is met is like a tree of life.

A happy heart makes a face look cheerful. But a sad heart produces a broken spirit.