Nehemiah 2:2

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, seeing you are not sick? This is nothing else but sadness of the heart.” Then I was very much afraid.

Cross References

Genesis 40:7

So he asked Pharaoh's officers who were with him in custody in his master's house, “Why are your faces downcast today?”

Proverbs 13:12

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

Proverbs 15:13

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