Proverbs 17:22
A merry heart causeth a healthy appearance of the countenance, but a depressed spirit drieth up the bones.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
In Context
23A wicked man taketh a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the paths of justice.
Cross References
Psalms 22:15(22:16) Like a potsherd is my strength dried up; and my tongue cleaveth to my palate; and into the dust of death hast thou laid me down.
Psalms 102:3(102:4) For my days vanish in smoke, and my bones are burning like a hearth.
Proverbs 15:13A merry heart cheereth up the countenance; but when the heart feeleth pain the spirit is depressed.
Ecclesiastes 2:2Of laughter I said, It maketh one mad: and of joy, What doth this do?
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 →