Proverbs 17:22

God's Word

A joyful heart is good medicine, but depression drains one’s strength.

Cross References

Psalm 22:15

My strength is dried up like pieces of broken pottery. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me down in the dust of death.

Proverbs 12:25

A person’s anxiety will weigh him down, but an encouraging word makes him joyful.

Proverbs 15:13

A joyful heart makes a cheerful face, but with a heartache comes depression.

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are ⌞like⌟ honey from a honeycomb— sweet to the spirit and healthy for the body.

Proverbs 18:14

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

Ecclesiastes 2:2

I thought, “Laughter doesn’t make any sense. What does pleasure accomplish?”

2 Corinthians 2:7

So now forgive and comfort him. Such distress could overwhelm someone like that if he’s not forgiven and comforted.

2 Corinthians 7:10

In fact, to be distressed in a godly way causes people to change the way they think and act and leads them to be saved. No one can regret that. But the distress that the world causes brings only death.