Topic
Cheer; Cheerfulness
27 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Deuteronomy 24:5ISBE
¶ When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.
- Judges 9:13ISBE
And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
- Job 9:27ISBE
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
- Proverbs 15:13ISBE
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
- Proverbs 15:15ISBE
All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
- Ecclesiastes 11:9ISBE
¶ Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
- Zechariah 8:19ISBE
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.
- Zechariah 9:17ISBE
For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
- Wisdom of Solomon 18:6ISBE
Of that night were our fathers certified afore, that assuredly knowing unto what oaths they had given credence, they might afterwards be of good cheer.
- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 18:32ISBE
Take not pleasure in much good cheer, neither be tied to the expence thereof.
- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 30:25ISBE
A cheerful and good heart will have a care of his meat and diet.
- Baruch 4:5ISBE
Be of good cheer, my people, the memorial of Israel.
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- Baruch 4:30 ISBE
- 1 Esdras 9:54 ISBE
- Matthew 9:2 ISBE
- Matthew 9:22 ISBE
- Matthew 14:27 ISBE
- Mark 6:50 ISBE
- Mark 10:49 ISBE
- John 16:33 ISBE
- Acts 23:11 ISBE
- Acts 24:10 ISBE
- Acts 27:22 ISBE
- Acts 27:25 ISBE
- Acts 27:36 ISBE
- Romans 12:8 ISBE
- 2 Corinthians 9:7 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 30 references
cher, cher'-fool-nes: The English word "cheer" meant:
(1) originally face, countenance (Greek kara, "head," through Old French, chere, "face"),
(2) then the expression on the face, especially
(3) the expression of good spirits, and finally
(4) good spirits, without any reference to the facial expression.
The noun "cheer" in English Versions of the Bible is only found with adjective "good" (except 1 Esdras 9:54, "great cheer"), the word not having quite lost its earlier neutral character (any face expression, whether joyous or otherwise). In Old Testament, Tobh, is translated "cheer," "let thy heart cheer thee" (see GOOD); sameach, "to rejoice" is so translated in De 24:5, "shall cheer his wife" (the King James Version "cheer up his wife"), and Jud 9:13, "wine, which cheereth God ('elohim) and man." The phrase "of good cheer" occurs in Old Testament in Job 9:27 (the King James Version "comfort"); in Apocrypha, 1 Esdras 9:54; The Wisdom of Solomon 18:6; Baruch 4:5,30; Sirach 18:32 the King James Version (the Revised Version (British and American) "luxury"); in New Testament for Greek euthumeo, euthumos, in Ac 27:22,25,36, and for tharseo in Mt 9:2,22. (the King James Version "comfort"); Mt 14:27; Mr 6:50; 10:49 (RV; "comfort" in the King James Version); Joh 16:33; Ac 23:11. "Cheer" as verb transitive occurs in Ec 11:9; Deu 24:5; Jud 9:13.
Cheerful occurs in Pr 15:13,15 (the King James Version "merry"); Zec 8:19; 9:17 the King James Version; Sirach 30:25; 2Co 9:7.
Cheerfully, Ac 24:10.
Cheerfulness, Ro 12:8.
D. Miall Edwards
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.