8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 2Cor 2:7 — So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
• 2Cor 2:7 — So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
• 2Cor 7:10 — For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
• 2Cor 7:10 — For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
• Eccl 9:7 — Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
• Isa 66:14 — And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.
• Neh 8:10 — Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our LORD: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of
• Prov 12:25 — Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
• Prov 12:25 — Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
• Prov 14:30 — A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
• Prov 15:13 — A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
• Prov 15:13 — A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
• Prov 15:15 — All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
• Prov 15:30 — The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.
• Prov 18:14 — The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
• Prov 18:14 — The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
• Ps 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.
• Ps 32:3 — When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
• Ps 102:3 — For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
• Ps 102:5 — By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
• Rom 5:2 — By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.