A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.


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Exodus 22 23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
Leviticus 26 36 And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
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 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 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.
2 Samuel 22 28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
1 Kings 2 9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
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 2 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
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 7 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
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 13 12 Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
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 17 11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
Job 22 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
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 15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
Job 30 16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
Job 31 7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
Job 34 14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
Job 41 22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
Job 41 25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
Psalms 6 2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
Psalms 7 2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Psalms 16 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
Psalms 18 27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
Psalms 22 14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
Psalms 22 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
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 30 2 O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
Psalms 30 3 O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
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 9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
Psalms 32 10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
Psalms 34 17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
Psalms 34 18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.