Proverbs 17:22
A ioiful soule makith likinge age; a sorewful spirit makith drie boonys.
Bible (Wycliffe)
In The King James Version
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
In Context
21A fool is borun in his schenschipe; but nether the fadir schal be glad in a fool.
23A wickid man takith yiftis fro the bosum, to mys turne the pathis of doom.
Cross References
Psalms 102:3Which doith merci to alle thi wickidnessis; which heelith alle thi sijknessis.
Proverbs 15:13A ioiful herte makith glad the face; the spirit is cast doun in the morenyng of soule.
Ecclesiastes 2:2And leiyyng Y arrettide errour, and Y seide to ioye, What art thou disseyued in veyn?
Romans 5:2Bi whom we han niy goyng to, bi feith in to this grace, in which we stonden, and han glorie in the hope of the glorie of Goddis children.
2 Corinthians 7:10For the sorewe that is aftir God, worchith penaunce in to stidfast heelthe; but sorewe of the world worchith deth.