Proverbs 17:22

A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

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A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

BSB

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

KJV

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

ASV

A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

BBE

A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.

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Matthew Henry · Verse 22

It is great mercy that God gives us leave to be cheerful, and cause to be cheerful, if by his grace he gives us hearts to be cheerful.

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