22A merry heart does good like a medicine: but a broken spirit dries the bones.


In Context

19 He loves transgression that loves strife: and he that exalts his gate seeks destruction.

20 He that has a fraudulent heart finds no good: and he that has a perverse tongue falls into mischief.

21 He that begets a fool does it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool has no joy.

22 A merry heart does good like a medicine: but a broken spirit dries the bones.

23 A wicked man takes a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

24 Wisdom is before him that has understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 17:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:22A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:22A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:22A joyful mind maketh age flourishing: a sorrowful spirit drieth up the bones.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:22A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:22A joyful heart promoteth healing; but a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:22A merry heart is a good medicine: but a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:22A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:22A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:22A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.