Parallel Verses
NET Bible
A cheerful heart brings good healing, but a crushed 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.
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.
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 Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief, and the father of a fool has no joy. 22 A cheerful heart brings good healing, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. 23 A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 15:13
A joyful heart makes the face cheerful, but by a painful heart the spirit is broken.
Proverbs 12:25
Anxiety in a person's heart weighs him down, but an encouraging word brings him joy.
Psalm 22:15
The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death.
Proverbs 18:14
A person's spirit sustains him through sickness -- but who can bear a crushed spirit?
2 Corinthians 7:10
For sadness as intended by God produces a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret, but worldly sadness brings about death.
Psalm 32:3-4
When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long.
Psalm 102:3-5
For my days go up in smoke, and my bones are charred like a fireplace.
Ecclesiastes 9:7-9
Go, eat your food with joy, and drink your wine with a happy heart, because God has already approved your works.
Romans 5:2-5
through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of God's glory.
2 Corinthians 2:7
so that now instead you should rather forgive and comfort him. This will keep him from being overwhelmed by excessive grief to the point of despair.