Proverbs 17:22

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: But by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: But a good word maketh it glad.

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; But a wounded spirit who can bear?

For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?