Proverbs 17:22
22 A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Other Translations of Proverbs 17:22
King James Version
22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
English Standard Version
22 A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
The Message
22 A cheerful disposition is good for your health; gloom and doom leave you bone-tired.
New King James Version
22 A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones.
New Living Translation
22 A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person's strength.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 17:22
Commentary on Proverbs 17:22
(Read Proverbs 17:22)
It is great mercy that God gives us leave to be cheerful, and cause to be cheerful, if by his grace he gives us hearts to be cheerful.