Proverbs 17:22

The Message

A cheerful disposition is good for your health; gloom and doom leave you bone-tired.

Cross References

Proverbs 12:25

Worry weighs us down; a cheerful word picks us up.

Proverbs 15:13

A cheerful heart brings a smile to your face; a sad heart makes it hard to get through the day.

Proverbs 16:24

Gracious speech is like clover honey— good taste to the soul, quick energy for the body.

Proverbs 18:14

A healthy spirit conquers adversity, but what can you do when the spirit is crushed?

2 Corinthians 7:10

Distress that drives us to God does that. It turns us around. It gets us back in the way of salvation. We never regret that kind of pain. But those who let distress drive them away from God are full of regrets, end up on a deathbed of regrets.