Proverbs 17:22
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.”
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“A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.”
King James Version · Public Domain“A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 17:22 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 22:15My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.
- Psalms 32:3When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
- Psalms 102:3For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
- Proverbs 12:25Anxiety weighs down the heart of a man, but a good word cheers it up.
- Proverbs 15:13A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.
- Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit?
- Ecclesiastes 2:2I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”
- Ecclesiastes 9:7Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
- Romans 5:2through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
- 2 Corinthians 2:7So instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
- 2 Corinthians 7:10Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
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