Proverbs 17:22
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
In context
20 The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.
21 A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.
22 A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
23 A wicked man takes a covert bribe to subvert the course of justice.
24 Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
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Proverbs 17:22 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
- KJV King James Version
- A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
- WEB World English Bible
- A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
- ASV American Standard Version
- A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.
- DBY Darby Translation
- A joyful heart promoteth healing; but a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
- WBS Webster Bible
- A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.