Proverbs 17:22

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A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

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  • Prov 15:13 : 13 A joyful heart makes a cheerful face, but a heart full of sorrow crushes the spirit.
  • Prov 12:25 : 25 Anxiety in a person's heart weighs them down, but a kind word cheers them up.
  • Prov 18:14 : 14 A person's spirit sustains him in sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?
  • 2 Cor 7:10 : 10 For godly sorrow produces repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow produces death.
  • Eccl 9:7-9 : 7 Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a glad heart, for God has already approved your works. 8 Let your clothes always be white, and do not let oil be lacking on your head. 9 Enjoy life with the wife you love all the days of your meaningless life that God has given you under the sun—all your meaningless days. For this is your portion in life and in your hard work under the sun.
  • Rom 5:2-5 : 2 Through Him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance. 4 And endurance produces character, and character produces hope. 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
  • Ps 102:3-5 : 3 Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress; incline your ear to me; on the day I call, answer me quickly. 4 For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones are burned like a hearth. 5 My heart is afflicted and withered like grass, for I forget to eat my food.
  • Ps 22:15 : 15 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts within me.
  • 2 Cor 2:7 : 7 Instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
  • Ps 32:3-4 : 3 When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. 4 For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was drained as in the heat of summer. Selah.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:13-16
    4 verses
    89%

    13A joyful heart makes a cheerful face, but a heart full of sorrow crushes the spirit.

    14The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

    15All the days of the afflicted are miserable, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

    16Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and turmoil with it.

  • Prov 12:25
    78%

    25Anxiety in a person's heart weighs them down, but a kind word cheers them up.

  • Prov 15:30
    78%

    30Light in a messenger’s eyes brings joy to the heart, and good news revitalizes the bones.

  • Eccl 7:2-4
    3 verses
    77%

    2It is better to go to a house of mourning than to a house of feasting, because death is the destination of everyone, and the living should take it to heart.

    3Sorrow is better than laughter, for when the face is sad, the heart may be improved.

    4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.

  • Prov 14:13-14
    2 verses
    77%

    13Even in laughter, the heart may ache, and joy may end in grief.

    14The backslider will be filled with their own ways, but a good person will be satisfied with their deeds.

  • Prov 14:30
    76%

    30A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.

  • Prov 18:14
    74%

    14A person's spirit sustains him in sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?

  • Prov 3:8
    73%

    8This will bring healing to your body and refreshment to your bones.

  • Ps 51:8
    73%

    8Surely you desire truth in the inner being; you teach me wisdom in the hidden place.

  • Prov 16:24
    73%

    24Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

  • Prov 17:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20A crooked heart will not find good, and the one with a deceitful tongue will fall into trouble.

    21The one who fathers a fool brings grief; the father of a senseless child has no joy.

  • Prov 25:20
    72%

    20Like one who removes a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar poured on soda, is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

  • Ps 104:15
    71%

    15wine that gladdens human hearts, oil to make their faces shine, and bread that sustains their hearts.

  • Job 8:21
    71%

    21He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.

  • Eccl 2:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1I said to myself, 'Come now, I will test you with pleasure to see what is good.' But behold, this too was meaningless.

    2I said of laughter, 'It is madness,' and of joy, 'What does it accomplish?'

  • Eccl 8:15
    70%

    15So I praised enjoyment, because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat, drink, and be glad. This will accompany them in their toil through the days of life that God has given them under the sun.

  • Prov 15:23
    70%

    23A person finds joy in an apt reply—and how good is a timely word!

  • Ps 147:3
    70%

    3He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

  • Prov 15:4
    70%

    4A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

  • Eccl 10:19
    70%

    19Bread is made for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.

  • Eccl 11:10
    70%

    10Remove vexation from your heart and put away distress from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are fleeting.

  • Prov 15:21
    70%

    21Foolishness brings joy to one lacking sense, but a person of understanding walks a straight path.

  • Prov 4:22
    70%

    22For they are life to those who find them and healing to all their flesh.

  • Eccl 7:6
    69%

    6For like the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of fools—this too is meaningless.

  • Prov 17:23
    69%

    23The wicked accept a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Prov 13:12
    69%

    12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.

  • Prov 10:22-23
    2 verses
    68%

    22The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and He adds no sorrow with it.

    23A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes, but a person of understanding delights in wisdom.

  • Prov 19:3
    68%

    3A man’s foolishness twists his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Prov 31:6
    68%

    6Let beer be for those who are perishing, wine for those who are bitter of heart.

  • Job 5:17
    68%

    17Behold, blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

  • Prov 11:17
    68%

    17A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel person brings trouble to his own flesh.

  • Prov 23:15
    68%

    15My son, if your heart becomes wise, my heart will also rejoice.

  • Prov 27:9
    68%

    9Oil and perfume bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend comes from heartfelt counsel.

  • Eccl 9:7
    68%

    7Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a glad heart, for God has already approved your works.

  • Prov 14:10
    68%

    10The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger can share its joy.

  • Eccl 3:12
    68%

    12I know that there is nothing better for people than to rejoice and to do good while they live.