Proverbs 17:22

New International Version

A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

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My mouth is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death.

Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up.

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

Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

The human spirit can endure in sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?

“Laughter,” I said, “is madness. And what does pleasure accomplish?”

Now instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.