Proverbs 15:13

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

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

Cross References

Nehemiah 2:2

So the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This can only be sadness of the heart.” Then I was very much afraid.

Proverbs 12:25

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

Proverbs 14:30

A tranquil mind gives life to the flesh, but passion makes the bones rot.

Proverbs 15:15

All the days of the poor are hard, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

Proverbs 17:22

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

Proverbs 18:14

The human spirit will endure sickness; but a broken spirit—who can bear?

John 14:1

“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me.

2 Corinthians 1:12

Indeed, this is our boast, the testimony of our conscience: we have behaved in the world with frankness and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God—and all the more toward you.

2 Corinthians 2:7

so now instead you should forgive and console him, so that he may not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

2 Corinthians 7:10

For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret, but worldly grief produces death.