Proverbs 17:22

King James 3 - The Literal Traslation

A joyful heart makes good healing, but a stricken spirit dries the bones.

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My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and My tongue clings to My jaws, and You appoint Me to the dust of death

Anxiety in a man’s heart makes it depressed, but a good word makes it glad.

A joyful heart makes a good face, but by pain of heart the spirit is stricken.

Combs of honey are sayings of pleasantness, sweetness to the soul and healing to the bones.

The spirit of a man will endure his sickness, but who can bear a stricken spirit?

I said of laughter, it is mad, and of mirth, What does it do?

So that on the contrary, you ought rather to forgive and comfort such a one, that he not be swallowed up by the excessive grief.

For the grief according to God works repentance to salvation without regret. But the grief of the world works death.