Proverbs 17:22 - Easy To Read Version

²² Happiness is like good medicine. But sorrow is like a sickness.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: But a broken spirit drieth the bones.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² A happy heart is good medicine and a cheerful mind works healing, but a broken spirit dries up the bones. [Prov. 12:25; 15:13, 15.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²² A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

Common English Bible

²² A joyful heart helps healing, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² A joyful soul makes a lifetime flourish. A gloomy spirit dries out the bones.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²² A joyful mind maketh age flourishing: a sorrowful spirit drieth up the bones.

Proverbs 17:22 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 22:15

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Proverbs 12:25

Worry can take away a person’s happiness. But a kind word can make a person happy.

Proverbs 15:13

If a person is happy, then his face will show joy. But if a person is sad in his heart, then his spirit will show that sadness.

Proverbs 16:24

Kind words are like honey. They are easy to accept and good for your health.

Proverbs 18:14

A good attitude gives a person support when he is ill, but no one can cheer up {\cf2\super [24]} a person with a bad attitude.

Ecclesiastes 2:2

It is foolish to laugh all the time. Having fun doesn’t do any good.

2 Corinthians 2:7

But now you should forgive him and encourage him. This will keep him from having too much sadness and giving up completely.

2 Corinthians 7:10

Being sorry like God wants makes a person change his heart and life. This leads a person to salvation, and we cannot be sorry for that. But the kind of sorrow the world has will bring death.