Proverbs 17:22

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Proverbs 17:22

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Proverbs 17

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.

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