Proverbs 17:22 (KJV)
“A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.”
Proverbs 17:22 is verse of the day number 343 of 366 on Lampfold, under the theme “A merry heart”. It comes from Proverbs 17, and 10 other passages connected to it are listed below.
Proverbs 17:22 in other translations
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Proverbs 17:22 in context
Proverbs 17:19–25 (KJV). The verse of the day is highlighted.
19He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
20He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
21He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
22A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
24Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
Cross-references for Proverbs 17:22
Passages most often linked to Proverbs 17:22, strongest connections first.
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
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: …
So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
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