Proverbs 17:22

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:13 : 13 ¶ A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
  • Prov 12:25 : 25 ¶ Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
  • Prov 18:14 : 14 ¶ The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
  • 2 Cor 7:10 : 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
  • Eccl 9:7-9 : 7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. 8 Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment. 9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that [is] thy portion in [this] life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
  • Rom 5:2-5 : 2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only [so], but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; 4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope: 5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
  • Ps 102:3-5 : 3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. 4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. 5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
  • Ps 22:15 : 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
  • 2 Cor 2:7 : 7 So that contrariwise ye [ought] rather to forgive [him], and comfort [him], lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
  • Ps 32:3-4 : 3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. 4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 15:13-16
    4 verses
    89%

    13¶ A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

    14¶ The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

    15¶ All the days of the afflicted [are] evil: but he that is of a merry heart [hath] a continual feast.

    16¶ Better [is] little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.

  • Prov 12:25
    78%

    25¶ Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

  • Prov 15:30
    78%

    30¶ The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: [and] a good report maketh the bones fat.

  • Eccl 7:2-4
    3 verses
    77%

    2[It is] better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that [is] the end of all men; and the living will lay [it] to his heart.

    3Sorrow [is] better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

    4The heart of the wise [is] in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools [is] in the house of mirth.

  • Prov 14:13-14
    2 verses
    77%

    13¶ Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth [is] heaviness.

    14¶ The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.

  • Prov 14:30
    76%

    30¶ A sound heart [is] the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

  • Prov 18:14
    74%

    14¶ The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

  • Prov 3:8
    73%

    8It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

  • Ps 51:8
    73%

    8Make me to hear joy and gladness; [that] the bones [which] thou hast broken may rejoice.

  • Prov 16:24
    73%

    24¶ Pleasant words [are as] an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

  • Prov 17:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20¶ He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

    21¶ He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

  • Prov 25:20
    72%

    20¶ [As] he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, [and as] vinegar upon nitre, so [is] he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.

  • Ps 104:15
    71%

    15And wine [that] maketh glad the heart of man, [and] oil to make [his] face to shine, and bread [which] strengtheneth man's heart.

  • Job 8:21
    71%

    21Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.

  • Eccl 2:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1¶ I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also [is] vanity.

    2I said of laughter, [It is] mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

  • Eccl 8:15
    70%

    15Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

  • Prov 15:23
    70%

    23¶ A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word [spoken] in due season, how good [is it]!

  • Ps 147:3
    70%

    3He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

  • Prov 15:4
    70%

    4¶ A wholesome tongue [is] a tree of life: but perverseness therein [is] a breach in the spirit.

  • Eccl 10:19
    70%

    19A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all [things].

  • Eccl 11:10
    70%

    10Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth [are] vanity.

  • Prov 15:21
    70%

    21¶ Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

  • Prov 4:22
    70%

    22For they [are] life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

  • Eccl 7:6
    69%

    6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so [is] the laughter of the fool: this also [is] vanity.

  • Prov 17:23
    69%

    23¶ A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

  • Prov 13:12
    69%

    12¶ Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but [when] the desire cometh, [it is] a tree of life.

  • Prov 10:22-23
    2 verses
    68%

    22¶ The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

    23¶ [It is] as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

  • Prov 19:3
    68%

    3¶ The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

  • Prov 31:6
    68%

    6Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.

  • Job 5:17
    68%

    17¶ Behold, happy [is] the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

  • Prov 11:17
    68%

    17¶ The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but [he that is] cruel troubleth his own flesh.

  • Prov 23:15
    68%

    15My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

  • Prov 27:9
    68%

    9¶ Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so [doth] the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

  • Eccl 9:7
    68%

    7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

  • Prov 14:10
    68%

    10¶ The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.

  • Eccl 5:20
    68%

    20For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth [him] in the joy of his heart.

  • Eccl 3:12
    68%

    12I know that [there is] no good in them, but for [a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.