Parallel Verses
Amplified
A happy heart is good medicine and a joyful mind causes healing,
But a broken spirit dries up the bones.
New American Standard Bible
But a broken spirit
King James Version
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Holman Bible
but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
International Standard Version
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit drains one's strength.
A Conservative Version
A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
American Standard Version
A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
Bible in Basic English
A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.
Darby Translation
A joyful heart promoteth healing; but a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
Julia Smith Translation
A joyful heart shall make good healing: and a dejected spirit shall dry up the bones.
King James 2000
A merry heart does good like a medicine: but a broken spirit dries the bones.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a downcast spirit will dry out bones.
Modern King James verseion
A merry heart does good like a medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A merry heart maketh a lusty age; but a sorrowful mind drieth up the bones.
NET Bible
A cheerful heart brings good healing, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
New Heart English Bible
A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
The Emphasized Bible
A joyful heart, worketh an excellent cure, - but, a stricken spirit, drieth up the bone.
Webster
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
World English Bible
A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Youngs Literal Translation
A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.
Themes
Disease » Prevention and cure of » Medicine
Disease » Instances of » Remedies used
Diseases » Medicine used for curing
Joy » Earthly » Innocent mirth
Prevention and cure of diseases » Medicine
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 17:22
Prayers for Proverbs 17:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
21
He who becomes the parent of a fool [who is spiritually blind] does so to his sorrow,
And the father of a fool [who is spiritually blind] has no joy.
A happy heart is good medicine and a joyful mind causes healing,
But a broken spirit dries up the bones.
A wicked man receives a bribe from the [hidden] pocket
To pervert the ways of justice.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 15:13
A heart full of joy and goodness makes a cheerful face,
But when a heart is full of sadness the spirit is crushed.
Proverbs 12:25
Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down,
But a good (encouraging) word makes it glad.
Psalm 22:15
My strength is dried up like a fragment of clay pottery;
And my [dry] tongue clings to my jaws;
And You have laid me in the dust of death.
Proverbs 18:14
The spirit of a man sustains him in sickness,
But as for a broken spirit, who can bear it?
2 Corinthians 7:10
For [godly] sorrow that is in accord with the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation; but worldly sorrow [the hopeless sorrow of those who do not believe] produces death.
Psalm 32:3-4
When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away
Through my groaning all the day long.
Psalm 102:3-5
For my days have vanished in smoke,
And my bones have been scorched like a hearth.
Ecclesiastes 9:7-9
Go your way, eat your bread with joy and drink your wine with a cheerful heart [if you are righteous, wise, and in the hands of God]; for God has already approved and accepted your works.
Romans 5:2-5
Through Him we also have access by faith into this [remarkable state of] grace in which we [firmly and safely and securely] stand. Let us rejoice in our
2 Corinthians 2:7
so instead [of further rebuke, now] you should rather [graciously] forgive and comfort and encourage him, to keep him from being overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.