Proverbs 17:22
A cheerful attitude is like good medicine, but discouragement makes you sick.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
In Context
21A stupid son brings grief to his father; the father of a child who does stupid things has no joy.
23The wicked take hidden bribes to pervert the course of justice.
Cross References
Psalms 22:15My strength has dried up like a piece of broken pottery. My tongue is stuck to the roof of my mouth. You're burying me as if I'm already dead.
Psalms 102:3My life is disappearing like smoke; my body feels like it's on fire!
Proverbs 15:13If you're happy inside, you'll have a cheerful face, but if you're sad, you look crushed.
Ecclesiastes 2:2I conclude that laughing your way through life is stupid, and pleasure—what use is that?
Romans 5:2It's through Jesus, trusting in him, that we've gained access to this position of grace where we now stand, looking forward with happiness and confidence to sharing in God's glory.
2 Corinthians 7:10The kind of sorrow God wants us to have makes us change our minds and brings salvation. This kind of sorrow leaves no sense of regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 17:22
21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy. This expresses that very emphatically which many wise and good men feel very sensibly, what a grievous vexatious thing it is to have a foolish wicked child. See here, 1. How uncertain all our creature-comforts are, so that we are often not only disappointed in them, but that proves the greatest cross in which we promised ourselves most satisfaction. There was joy when a man-child was born into the world, and yet, if he prove… Read the whole commentary →