Proverbs 17:22 - Tree of Life Version

²² A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

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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.

Proverbs 17:22 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 22:15

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax— melting within my innards.

Proverbs 12:25

An anxious heart weighs one down, but a good word cheers him up.

Proverbs 15:13

A joyful heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit.

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are honeycomb— sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

Proverbs 18:14

One’s spirit sustains him through illness, but who can bear a crushed spirit?

Ecclesiastes 2:2

I said of laughter, “It is madness!” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”

2 Corinthians 2:7

So instead you should forgive him and encourage him. Otherwise such a person might be swallowed up by excessive sorrow.

2 Corinthians 7:10

For the grief that God wills brings a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret. But the world’s grief brings death.