American King James Version
" A merry heart does good like a medicine: but a broken spirit dries the bones. "
— Proverbs 17:22, American King James Version
“A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.”
“A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones. ”
“A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.”
“A cheerful heart brings good healing, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.”
“A joyful mind maketh age flourishing: a sorrowful spirit drieth up the bones.”
“A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.”
“A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.”
He loves transgression that loves strife: and he that exalts his gate seeks destruction.
He that has a fraudulent heart finds no good: and he that has a perverse tongue falls into mischief.
He that begets a fool does it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool has no joy.
A merry heart does good like a medicine: but a broken spirit dries the bones.
A wicked man takes a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
Wisdom is before him that has understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.