The light of the eyes cheers the heart, and good news nourishes the bones.
Cross References
Proverbs 15:29The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.
Proverbs 15:31He who listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise.
Proverbs 25:25Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.
Treasury of Scripture
The light of the eyes rejoices the heart: and a good report makes the bones fat.
light
Proverbs 13:9
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Ezra 9:8
And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
Ecclesiastes 11:7
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
a good
Proverbs 17:22
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Proverbs 25:25
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
Psalm 89:15
Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
the bones
Proverbs 3:8
It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
Isaiah 58:11
And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
