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Proverbs 12:25
Anxiety weighs down the heart of a man, but a good word cheers it up.

Proverbs 15:13
A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.

Proverbs 18:14
The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit?

Ecclesiastes 9:7-9
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works: . . .

Romans 5:2-5
through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in the hope of the glory of God. . . .

like a medicine

Psalm 22:15
My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.

Psalm 32:3, 4
When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long. . . .

Psalm 102:3-5
For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers. . . .

2 Corinthians 2:7
So instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

2 Corinthians 7:10
Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.