Nehemiah 2:2

New International Version

so the king asked me, “Why does your face look so sad when you are not ill? This can be nothing but sadness of heart.” I was very much afraid,

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So he asked Pharaoh’s officials who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why do you look so sad today?”

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.

A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit.