Proverbs 15:13

New King James Version

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

Cross References

Nehemiah 2:2

Therefore the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing but sorrow of heart.” So I became dreadfully afraid,

Proverbs 12:25

Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, But a good word makes it glad.

Proverbs 14:30

A sound heart is life to the body, But envy is rottenness to 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 merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones.

Proverbs 18:14

The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness, But who can bear a broken spirit?

John 14:1

“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.

2 Corinthians 1:12

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

2 Corinthians 2:7

so that, on the contrary, you ought rather to forgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up with too much sorrow.

2 Corinthians 7:10

For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.