Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit drains one's strength.
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.
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.
Amplified
A happy heart is good medicine and a joyful mind causes healing,
But a broken spirit dries 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 The man who fathers a fool does so to his sorrow the father of a fool has no joy. 22 A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit drains one's strength. 23 The wicked man takes a bribe in secret in order to pervert the course of justice.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 15:13
A happy heart enlightens the face, but a sad heart reflects a broken spirit.
Proverbs 12:25
A person's anxiety weighs down his heart, but an appropriate word is encouraging.
Psalm 22:15
My strength is dried up like broken pottery; my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth, and you have brought me down to the dust of death.
Proverbs 18:14
A man's spirit can sustain him during his illness, but who can bear a crushed spirit?
2 Corinthians 7:10
For having sorrow in a godly way results in repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regrets. But the sorrow of the world produces death.
Psalm 32:3-4
When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away by my groaning all day long.
Psalm 102:3-5
For my days are vanishing like smoke; my bones are charred as in a fireplace.
Ecclesiastes 9:7-9
Go ahead and enjoy your meals as you eat. Drink your wine with a joyful attitude, because God already has approved your actions.
Romans 5:2-5
Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace by which we have been established, and we boast because of our hope in God's glory.
2 Corinthians 2:7
So forgive and comfort him, or else he will drown in his excessive grief.