Proverbs 17:22
A ioyfull heart causeth good health: but a sorowfull minde dryeth the bones.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 foole, getteth himselfe sorow, and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.
23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosome to wrest the wayes of iudgement.
Cross References
Psalms 22:15My strength is dryed vp like a potsheard, and my tongue cleaueth to my iawes, and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Psalms 102:3For my dayes are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burnt like an herthe.
Proverbs 15:13A ioyfull heart maketh a chearefull countenance: but by the sorow of the heart the minde is heauie.
Ecclesiastes 2:2I saide of laughter, Thou art mad: and of ioy, What is this that thou doest?
Romans 5:2By who also through faith, we haue had this accesse into this grace, wherein we stand, and reioyce vnder ye hope of the glory of God.
2 Corinthians 7:10For godly sorowe causeth repentance vnto saluation, not to be repented of: but the worldly sorowe causeth 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 →