Proverbs 17:22

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

A joyful mind maketh age flourishing: a sorrowful spirit drieth up the bones.

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A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by grief of mind the spirit is cast down.

Grief in the heart of a man shall bring him low, but with a good word he shall be made glad.

The spirit of a man upholdeth his infirmity: but a spirit that is easily angered, who can bear?

For the sorrow that is according to God worketh penance, steadfast unto salvation; but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

So that on the contrary, you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

Well ordered words are as a honeycomb: sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Laughter I counted error: and to mirth I said: Why art thou vainly deceived?