Proverbs 17:22
A cheerful heart is good medicine, 1 but a broken spirit dries up the bones. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
In Context
21Whoever is the parent of a fool brings grief to himself; 1 and the father of a fool has no joy. 1
23A wicked man accepts a secret bribe 1 to pervert the ways of justice. 1
Cross References
Psalms 22:15My strength has dried up like a piece of pottery; 1 my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. 1 You have laid me in the dust of death. 1
Psalms 102:3For my days pass away like smoke, 1 and my bones burn like fire. 1
Proverbs 15:13A joyful heart makes the face cheerful, 1 but heartache crushes the spirit. 1
Ecclesiastes 2:2I said about laughter, “It is crazy,” and about pleasure, “What use is it?”
Romans 5:2Through him we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the certain hope of the glory of God.
2 Corinthians 7:10For godly sorrow brings about repentance that accomplishes salvation without regret. Worldly sorrow, however, brings about 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 →