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The hand of the diligent will rule,
But the negligent and lazy will be put to forced labor.
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Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down,
But a good (encouraging) word makes it glad.
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The righteous man is a guide to his neighbor,
But the way of the wicked leads them astray.

Cross References

Proverbs 15:13

A heart full of joy and goodness makes a cheerful face,
But when a heart is full of sadness the spirit is crushed.

Proverbs 15:23

A man has joy in giving an appropriate answer,
And how good and delightful is a word spoken at the right moment—how good it is!

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord God has given Me [His Servant] the tongue of disciples [as One who is taught],
That I may know how to sustain the weary with a word.
He awakens Me morning by morning,
He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple [as One who is taught].

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are like a honeycomb,
Sweet and delightful to the soul and healing to the body.

Proverbs 17:22

A happy heart is good medicine and a joyful mind causes healing,
But a broken spirit dries up the bones.

Nehemiah 2:1-2

In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was placed before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not [previously] been sad in his presence.

Psalm 38:6

I am bent over and greatly bowed down;
I go about mourning all day long.

Psalm 42:11

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
Why have you become restless and disquieted within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God.

Proverbs 12:18

There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword,
But the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 14:10

The heart knows its own bitterness,
And no stranger shares its joy.

Proverbs 15:15

All the days of the afflicted are bad,
But a glad heart has a continual feast [regardless of the circumstances].

Proverbs 18:14

The spirit of a man sustains him in sickness,
But as for a broken spirit, who can bear it?

Proverbs 25:11

Like apples of gold in settings of silver
Is a word spoken at the right time.

Proverbs 27:9

Oil and perfume make the heart glad;
So does the sweetness of a friend’s counsel that comes from the heart.

Zechariah 1:13

And the Lord answered the angel who was speaking with me with gracious and comforting words.

Mark 14:33-34

He took Peter and James and John with Him, and He began to be deeply distressed and troubled [extremely anguished at the prospect of what was to come].

2 Corinthians 2:4-7

For I wrote to you out of great distress and with an anguished heart, and with many tears, not to cause you sorrow but to make you realize the [overflowing] love which I have especially for you.

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