A glad heart makes good a face, But by sorrow of heart the spirit is stricken.
A rejoicing heart causes good healing, But a stricken spirit dries the bones.
“Let not your heart be troubled. Believe in Elohim, believe also in Me.
The spirit of a man sustains him in sickness, But who does bear a broken spirit?
Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, But a good word makes him glad.
All the days of the afflicted are evil, But gladness of heart is a continual feast.
For sadness according to Elohim works repentance to deliverance, not to be regretted, but the sadness of the world works death.
so that, on the contrary, you should rather forgive and comfort, lest somehow such a one be swallowed up with too much sadness.
For our boasting is this: the witness of our conscience that we behaved ourselves in the world in simplicity and sincerity of Elohim, not in fleshly wisdom but in the favour of Elohim, and much more toward you.
And the sovereign said to me, “Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is none else but sorrow of heart.” Then I was very much afraid,
A healthy heart is life to the body, But envy is rottenness to the bones.