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Proverbs 17:22

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

But a hbroken spirit idrieth the bones.

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Proverbs 17:22 — The New International Version (NIV)

22 A cheerful heart is good medicine,

but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Proverbs 17:22 — English Standard Version (ESV)

22 A joyful heart is good medicine,

but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Proverbs 17:22 — New Living Translation (NLT)

22 A cheerful heart is good medicine,

but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength.

Proverbs 17:22 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

22 A merry heart does good, like medicine,

But a broken spirit dries the bones.

Proverbs 17:22 — New Century Version (NCV)

22 A happy heart is like good medicine,

but a broken spirit drains your strength.

Proverbs 17:22 — American Standard Version (ASV)

22 A cheerful heart is a good medicine;

But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

Proverbs 17:22 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

22 A joyful heart promoteth healing; but a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

Proverbs 17:22 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

22 A joyful heart is good medicine, 

but depression drains one’s strength. 

Proverbs 17:22 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

22 A joyful heart is good medicine,

but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

Proverbs 17:22 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

22 A cheerful heart is a good medicine,

but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.

Proverbs 17:22 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

22 A cheerful heart is good medicine,

but a downcast spirit will dry out bones.

Proverbs 17:22 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

22 A cheerful heart makes you healthy.

But a broken spirit dries you up.

Proverbs 17:22 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

22 A joyful heart is good medicine,

But a broken spirit dries up the bones.


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