Proverbs 17:22
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: 1 But a broken spirit drieth the bones. 1
KJV Cambridge Paragraph
In The King James Version
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
In Context
21He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: 1 And the father of a fool hath no joy. 1
23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom 1 To pervert the ways of judgment. 1
Cross References
Psalms 22:15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; 1 And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; 1 And thou hast brought me into the dust of death. 1
Psalms 102:3For my days are consumed like smoke, 1 And my bones are burnt as a hearth. 1
Proverbs 15:13A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: 1 But by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. 1
Ecclesiastes 2:2I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
Romans 5:2by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
2 Corinthians 7:10For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh 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 →