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


In Context

19 He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.

20 One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

21 He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.

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

23 A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.

24 Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool wander to 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 Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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