Proverbs 17:22 - English Standard Version 2016

²² A joyful 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 Marejeleo ya Msalaba

Psalm 22:15

my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death.

Proverbs 12:25

Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.

Proverbs 15:13

A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed.

Proverbs 16:24

Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.

Proverbs 18:14

A man’s spirit will endure sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?

Ecclesiastes 2:2

I said of laughter, “It is mad,” and of pleasure, “What use is it?”

2 Corinthians 2:7

so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

2 Corinthians 7:10

For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.