Proverbs 17:22

Geneva Bible (1560)

A ioyfull heart causeth good health: but a sorowfull minde dryeth the bones.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:13 : 13 A ioyfull heart maketh a chearefull countenance: but by the sorow of the heart the minde is heauie.
  • Prov 12:25 : 25 Heauines in the heart of man doeth bring it downe: but a good worde reioyceth it.
  • Prov 18:14 : 14 The spirit of a man will susteine his infirmitie: but a wounded spirit who can beare it?
  • 2 Cor 7:10 : 10 For godly sorowe causeth repentance vnto saluation, not to be repented of: but the worldly sorowe causeth death.
  • Eccl 9:7-9 : 7 Goe, eate thy bread with ioy, & drinke thy wine with a cheerefull heart: for God nowe accepteth thy workes. 8 At all times let thy garments be white, and let not oyle be lacking vpon thine head. 9 Reioyce with the wife whom thou hast loued all the dayes of the life of thy vanitie, which God hath giuen thee vnder the sunne all the dayes of thy vanitie: for this is thy portion in the life, and in thy trauaile wherein thou labourest vnder the sunne.
  • Rom 5:2-5 : 2 By 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. 3 Neither that onely, but also we reioyce in tribulations, knowing that tribulation bringeth forth patience, 4 And patience experience, and experience hope, 5 And hope maketh not ashamed, because the loue of God is shed abroade in our heartes by the holy Ghost, which is giuen vnto vs.
  • Ps 102:3-5 : 3 For my dayes are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burnt like an herthe. 4 Mine heart is smitten and withereth like grasse, because I forgate to eate my bread. 5 For the voyce of my groning my bones doe cleaue to my skinne.
  • Ps 22:15 : 15 My strength is dryed vp like a potsheard, and my tongue cleaueth to my iawes, and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
  • 2 Cor 2:7 : 7 So that nowe contrariwise yee ought rather to forgiue him, and comfort him, lest the same shoulde bee swalowed vp with ouermuch heauinesse.
  • Ps 32:3-4 : 3 When I helde my tongue, my bones consumed, or when I roared all the day, 4 (For thine hand is heauie vpon me, day and night: and my moysture is turned into ye drought of summer. Selah)

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:13-16
    4 verses
    89%

    13A ioyfull heart maketh a chearefull countenance: but by the sorow of the heart the minde is heauie.

    14The heart of him that hath vnderstanding, seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of the foole is fedde with foolishnes.

    15All the dayes of the afflicted are euill: but a good conscience is a continuall feast.

    16Better is a litle with the feare of the Lord, then great treasure, and trouble therewith.

  • Prov 12:25
    78%

    25Heauines in the heart of man doeth bring it downe: but a good worde reioyceth it.

  • Prov 15:30
    78%

    30The light of the eyes reioyceth the heart, and a good name maketh the bones fat.

  • Eccl 7:2-4
    3 verses
    77%

    2(7:4) It is better to goe to the house of mourning, then to goe to the house of feasting, because this is the ende of all men: and the liuing shall lay it to his heart.

    3(7:5) Anger is better then laughter: for by a sad looke the heart is made better.

    4(7:6) The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning: but the heart of fooles is in the house of mirth.

  • Prov 14:13-14
    2 verses
    77%

    13Euen in laughing the heart is sorowful, and the ende of that mirth is heauinesse.

    14The heart that declineth, shall be saciate with his owne wayes: but a good man shall depart from him.

  • Prov 14:30
    76%

    30A sounde heart is the life of the flesh: but enuie is the rotting of the bones.

  • Prov 18:14
    74%

    14The spirit of a man will susteine his infirmitie: but a wounded spirit who can beare it?

  • Prov 3:8
    73%

    8So health shalbe vnto thy nauel, and marowe vnto thy bones.

  • Ps 51:8
    73%

    8Make me to heare ioye and gladnes, that the bones, which thou hast broken, may reioyce.

  • Prov 16:24
    73%

    24Faire wordes are as an hony combe, sweetenesse to the soule, and health to the bones.

  • Prov 17:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20The froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a naughtie tongue, shall fall into euill.

    21He that begetteth a foole, getteth himselfe sorow, and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.

  • Prov 25:20
    72%

    20Hee that taketh away the garment in the colde season, is like vineger powred vpon nitre, or like him that singeth songs to an heauy heart.

  • Ps 104:15
    71%

    15And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oyle to make the face to shine, and bread that strengtheneth mans heart.

  • Job 8:21
    71%

    21Till he haue filled thy mouth with laughter, and thy lippes with ioy.

  • Eccl 2:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1I said in mine heart, Goe to nowe, I will proue thee with ioy: therefore take thou pleasure in pleasant things: and beholde, this also is vanitie.

    2I saide of laughter, Thou art mad: and of ioy, What is this that thou doest?

  • Eccl 8:15
    70%

    15And I praysed ioy: for there is no goodnesse to man vnder the sunne, saue to eate and to drinke and to reioyce: for this is adioyned to his labour, the dayes of his life that God hath giuen him vnder the sunne.

  • Prov 15:23
    70%

    23A ioy commeth to a man by the answere of his mouth: and how good is a word in due seaso?

  • Ps 147:3
    70%

    3He healeth those that are broken in heart, and bindeth vp their sores.

  • Prov 15:4
    70%

    4A wholesome tongue is as a tree of life: but the frowardnes therof is the breaking of ye minde.

  • Eccl 10:19
    70%

    19They prepare bread for laughter, and wine comforteth the liuing, but siluer answereth to all.

  • Eccl 11:10
    70%

    10Therefore take away griefe out of thine heart, and cause euil to depart from thy flesh: for childehoode and youth are vanitie.

  • Prov 15:21
    70%

    21Foolishnes is ioy to him that is destitute of vnderstanding: but a man of vnderstanding walketh vprightly.

  • Prov 4:22
    70%

    22For they are life vnto those that find them, and health vnto all their flesh.

  • Eccl 7:6
    69%

    6(7:8) For like ye noyse of the thornes vnder the pot, so is the laughter of the foole: this also is vanitie.

  • Prov 17:23
    69%

    23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosome to wrest the wayes of iudgement.

  • Prov 13:12
    69%

    12The hope that is deferred, is the fainting of the heart: but when the desire commeth, it is as a tree of life.

  • Prov 10:22-23
    2 verses
    68%

    22The blessing of the Lorde, it maketh riche, and he doeth adde no sorowes with it.

    23It is as a pastime to a foole to doe wickedly: but wisedome is vnderstanding to a man.

  • Prov 19:3
    68%

    3The foolishnesse of a man peruerteth his way, and his heart freateth against the Lord.

  • Prov 31:6
    68%

    6Giue ye strong drinke vnto him that is readie to perish, and wine vnto them that haue griefe of heart.

  • Job 5:17
    68%

    17Beholde, blessed is the man whome God correcteth: therefore refuse not thou the chastising of the Almightie.

  • Prov 11:17
    68%

    17Hee that is mercifull, rewardeth his owne soule: but he that troubleth his own flesh, is cruel.

  • Prov 23:15
    68%

    15My sonne, if thine heart be wise, mine heart shall reioyce, and I also.

  • Prov 27:9
    68%

    9As oyntment and perfume reioyce the heart, so doeth the sweetenes of a mans friend by hearty counsell.

  • Eccl 9:7
    68%

    7Goe, eate thy bread with ioy, & drinke thy wine with a cheerefull heart: for God nowe accepteth thy workes.

  • Prov 14:10
    68%

    10The heart knoweth the bitternes of his soule, & the stranger shall not medle with his ioy.

  • Eccl 5:20
    68%

    20(5:19) Surely hee will not much remember the dayes of his life, because God answereth to the ioy of his heart.

  • Eccl 3:12
    68%

    12I know that there is nothing good in them, but to reioyce, and to doe good in his life.