Proverbs 17:22

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

Proverbs 17:22 · King James Version

In other versions

A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
ASV
A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.
BBE
A joyful heart promoteth healing; but a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
DBY
A cheerful heart makes good medicine, But a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
WEB
A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.
YLT
A merry heart does good like a medicine: but a broken spirit dries the bones.
ENG
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
WBT
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
BSB

²⁰He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

²¹He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

²²A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

²³A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

²⁴Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.