Proverbs 17:22
לֵב שָׂמֵחַ יֵיטִב גֵּהָה וְרוּחַ נְכֵאָה תְּיַבֶּשׁ ־ גָּֽרֶם ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
In Context
21יֹלֵד כְּסִיל לְתוּגָה לוֹ וְלֹֽא ־ יִשְׂמַח אֲבִי נָבָֽל ׃
23שֹׁחַד מֵחֵיק רָשָׁע יִקָּח לְהַטּוֹת אָרְחוֹת מִשְׁפָּֽט ׃
Cross References
Psalms 22:15כַּמַּיִם נִשְׁפַּכְתִּי וְהִתְפָּֽרְדוּ כָּֽל ־ עַצְמוֹתָי הָיָה לִבִּי כַּדּוֹנָג נָמֵס בְּתוֹךְ מֵעָֽי ׃
Psalms 102:3אַל ־ תַּסְתֵּר פָּנֶיךָ ׀ מִמֶּנִּי בְּיוֹם צַר לִי הַטֵּֽה ־ אֵלַי אָזְנֶךָ בְּיוֹם אֶקְרָא מַהֵר עֲנֵֽנִי ׃
Proverbs 15:13לֵב שָׂמֵחַ יֵיטִב פָּנִים וּבְעַצְּבַת ־ לֵב רוּחַ נְכֵאָֽה ׃
Ecclesiastes 2:2לִשְׂחוֹק אָמַרְתִּי מְהוֹלָל וּלְשִׂמְחָה מַה ־ זֹּה עֹשָֽׂה ׃
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 →