Pro 12:25, 15:13, 18:14, Ecc 9:7-9, Rom 5:2-5 | ESV | STEP | Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down , but a good word makes him glad .

Proverbs 12:25

25 ^aAnxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down,
but a good word makes him glad.

Proverbs 15:13

13 ^bA glad heart makes a cheerful face,
but by ^csorrow of heart the spirit is ^dcrushed.

Proverbs 18:14

14 A man’s spirit will endure sickness,
but ^ea crushed spirit who can bear?

Ecclesiastes 9:7-9

Enjoy Life with the One You Love

7 Go, ^feat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.

8 ^gLet your garments be always white. Let not ^hoil be lacking on your head.

9 Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your ⁱvain ^{▼▼The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)} life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your ^kportion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.

Romans 5:2-5

2 Through him we have also ^lobtained access by faith ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit by faith} into this grace ⁿin which we stand, and ^owe ^{▼▼Or let us; also verse 3} rejoice ^{▼▼Or boast; also verses 3, 11} in hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only that, but we ^rrejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering ^sproduces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and ^thope does not put us to shame, because God’s love ^uhas been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.