Proverbs 15:13, 15 A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart has a continual feast.
‘A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.’ A happy disposition shows in the countenance, but a gloomy one keeps the spirit broken.
3John 1:2 we learn that that we can prosper and be in health, AS the soul prospers. Psalms 1:3 says that the righteous shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that brings forth fruit in his season and his leaf also shall not wither and that he shall prosper, portraying a rich and fruitful Christian life (cp. John 15:1-8). Material prosperity is as much the will of God as soul and body health (Jos. 1:5-9; 1Sam. 2:7-8; 3Jn. 1:2).
‘All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.’ The afflicted are always sad, but the merry are always happy.
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