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Proverbs 17:22
A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.
Proverbs 17:22 · Young's Literal Translation
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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 joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken 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 Whoso is loving transgression is loving debate, Whoso is making high his entrance is seeking destruction.
20 The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.
21 Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not.
22 A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.
23 A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.
24 The face of the intelligent is to wisdom, And the eyes of a fool--at the end of the earth.
25 A provocation to his father is a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him.
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