A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.


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Genesis 31 39 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.
Exodus 22 23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
Deuteronomy 19 21 And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
Deuteronomy 28 54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
Deuteronomy 28 56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
Deuteronomy 29 19 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
1 Samuel 1 10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
1 Samuel 2 33 And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.
2 Samuel 1 26 I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
2 Samuel 22 26 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
Nehemiah 2 2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
Job 3 20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
Job 6 14 To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
Job 7 11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 9 28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
Job 10 1 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 11 16 Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
Job 14 22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
Job 15 12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
Job 23 16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
Job 24 12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
Job 24 21 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
Job 29 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Job 30 21 Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
Job 34 14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
Job 36 13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
Job 41 22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
Psalms 10 14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 16 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
Psalms 22 26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
Psalms 25 17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.
Psalms 28 3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
Psalms 30 5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
Psalms 30 11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
Psalms 31 9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
Psalms 31 10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
Psalms 32 10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
Psalms 34 18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Psalms 34 21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
Psalms 35 4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
Psalms 35 19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
Psalms 35 26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
Psalms 38 3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
Psalms 38 6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
Psalms 38 7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
Psalms 38 8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
Psalms 38 10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
Psalms 39 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Psalms 40 12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
Psalms 41 6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.