Proverbs 17:22 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²² A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: But a broken spirit drieth the bones.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² A happy heart is good medicine and a cheerful mind works healing, but a broken spirit dries up the bones. [Prov. 12:25; 15:13, 15.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²² A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

Common English Bible

²² A joyful heart helps healing, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² A joyful soul makes a lifetime flourish. A gloomy spirit dries out the bones.

Proverbs 17:22 Cross References

Proverbs 12:25

Anxiety in a person’s heart weighs it down, but a good word cheers it up.

Proverbs 15:13

A joyful heart makes a face cheerful, but a sad heart produces a broken spirit.

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are a honeycomb: sweet to the taste  and health to the body.  ,

Proverbs 18:14

A person’s spirit can endure sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit?

Ecclesiastes 2:2

I said about laughter,  ‘It is madness,’ and about pleasure, ‘What does this accomplish? ’

2 Corinthians 2:7

As a result, you should instead forgive  and comfort him. Otherwise, he may be overwhelmed by excessive grief.

2 Corinthians 7:10

For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly grief produces death.