Proverbs 17:22

Modern

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

Traditional

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

Literal

A joyful heart is good healing, and a spirit stricken dries up the bones.

Latin

Animus gaudens ætatem floridam facit; spiritus tristis exsiccat ossa.

Hebrew

English

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

Proverbs 15:13
A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.
Proverbs 12:25
Anxiety weighs down the heart of a man, but a good word cheers it up.
Proverbs 18:14
The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit?
2 Corinthians 7:10
Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
Romans 5:2–5
…through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
Ecclesiastes 9:7–9
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
2 Corinthians 2:7
So instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
Psalm 102:3–5
For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
Psalm 22:15
My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.
Psalm 32:3–4
When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.