Proverbs 17:22
King James Version (KJV)
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
American Standard Version (ASV)
A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
World English Bible (WEB)
A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Proverbs 17:22 Cross References
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
