Proverbs 17:22

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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

Cross References

Proverbs 15:13

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

Proverbs 12:25

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

Proverbs 18:14

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

2 Corinthians 7:10

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

2 Corinthians 2:7

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

Proverbs 16:24

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

Ecclesiastes 2:2

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