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Proverbs 17:22

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22hA merry heart doeth good ||like a medicine:

But a hbroken spirit idrieth the bones.

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Proverbs 17:22: A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Footnotes

  1. hSee ch. 15:13. So ch. 15:15.
  2. ||Or, to a medicine. Comp. ch. 16:24.
  3. hSee ch. 15:13. So ch. 15:15.
  4. iSo Ps. 22:15. ch. 12:25.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

A joyful heart is good medicine,

but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

A cheerful heart is good medicine,

but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

A joyful heart is good medicine,

but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

NLTNew Living Translation

A cheerful heart is good medicine,

but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

A cheerful heart is good medicine,

but a downcast spirit will dry out bones.