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Proverbs 17:22
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
Proverbs 17:22 · Berean Standard Bible
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Proverbs 17:22 in other translations
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
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In context
19 He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction.
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.
25 A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
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