Comfort

Proverbs regarding providing consolation, caring and comfort for the discouraged.

Those with a heavy heart do not need jokes or idle distractions; they need genuine loving, empathetic sympathy. Only such support and encouragement can bring cheer and relief from anxiety.

Like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar poured on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.
Prov. 25:20 (read whole chapter)
As in water the face is reflected as a face, so a person's heart reflects the person.
Prov. 27:19 (read whole chapter)