13A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
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A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13)Here, 1. Harmless mirth is recommended to us, as that which contributes to the health of the body, making men lively and fit for business, and to the acceptableness of the conversation, making the face to shine and rendering us pleasant one to another. A cheerful spirit, under the government of wisdom and grace, is a great ornament to religion, puts a further lustre upon the beauty of holiness, an…
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