Proverbs 15:13 KJV
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Proverbs 15:13, King James Version
In context
12 A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 17:22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
- John 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
- Proverbs 12:25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
- Proverbs 18:14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
- Proverbs 15:15 All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.