Proverbs 17:22
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
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A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
Topics Healing
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- merry
- Proverbs 12:25; Proverbs 15:13; Proverbs 18:14; Ecclesiastes 9:7–9; Romans 5:2–5
- like a medicine
- Heb. to a medicine. a broken.
- Psalm 22:15; Psalm 32:3, 4; Psalm 102:3–5; 2 Corinthians 2:7; 2 Corinthians 7:10