Verse 22
Proverbs 17:22
New King James Version
22
A merry heart doeth good
like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לֵ֣ב שָׂ֭מֵחַ יֵיטִ֣ב גֵּהָ֑ה וְ/ר֥וּחַ נְ֝כֵאָ֗ה תְּיַבֶּשׁ גָּֽרֶם
English Translation
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
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Chapter 17 Context
1
Better
is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices
with strife.
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2
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance...
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3
The fining pot
is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
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4
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips;
and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
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5
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker:
and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunis...
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6
Children’s children
are the crown of old men; and the glory of children
are their fathers.
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7
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
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8
A gift
is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospere...
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9
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth
very friend...
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10
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
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11
An evil
man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
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12
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
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13
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
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14
The beginning of strife
is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it...
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15
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both
are abomination to th...
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16
Wherefore
is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing
he hath no heart
to it?
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17
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
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18
A man void of understanding striketh hands,
and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
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19
He loveth transgression that loveth strife:
and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
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20
He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischi...
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21
He that begetteth a fool
doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
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22
A merry heart doeth good
like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
23
A wicked
man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
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24
Wisdom
is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool
are in the ends of the earth.
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25
A foolish son
is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
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26
Also to punish the just
is not good,
nor to strike princes for equity.
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27
He that hath knowledge spareth his words:
and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
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28
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise:
and
he that shutteth his lips
is esteemed...
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