Proverbs 17:22

KJV1611 – Modern English

A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.

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  • Prov 15:13 : 13 A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
  • Prov 12:25 : 25 Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a good word makes 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 produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world produces death.
  • Eccl 9:7-9 : 7 Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God now accepts your works. 8 Let your garments be always white; and let your head lack no ointment. 9 Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which He has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity: for that is your portion in this life and in your labor which you take under the sun.
  • Rom 5:2-5 : 2 Through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces patience; 4 And patience, character; and character, hope: 5 And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God is poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who is given to us.
  • Ps 102:3-5 : 3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned like a hearth. 4 My heart is stricken and withered like grass, so I forget to eat my bread. 5 Because of the voice of my groaning, my bones cling to my skin.
  • Ps 22:15 : 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue clings to my jaws; You have brought me into the dust of death.
  • 2 Cor 2:7 : 7 So, on the contrary, you ought rather to forgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up with excessive sorrow.
  • Ps 32:3-4 : 3 When I kept silent, my bones grew old through my groaning all day long. 4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my vitality turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:13-16
    4 verses
    89%

    13A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

    14The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.

    15All the days of the afflicted are evil, but he who has a merry heart has a continual feast.

    16Better is a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with trouble.

  • Prov 12:25
    78%

    25Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a good word makes it glad.

  • Prov 15:30
    78%

    30The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, and a good report makes the bones healthy.

  • Eccl 7:2-4
    3 verses
    77%

    2It 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 take it to heart.

    3Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the face 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 laughter.

  • Prov 14:13-14
    2 verses
    77%

    13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

    14The backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways, but a good man will be satisfied from himself.

  • Prov 14:30
    76%

    30A sound heart is life to the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones.

  • Prov 18:14
    74%

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

  • Prov 3:8
    73%

    8It shall be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones.

  • Ps 51:8
    73%

    8Make me hear joy and gladness, that the bones you have broken may rejoice.

  • Prov 16:24
    73%

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

  • Prov 17:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20He who has a perverse heart finds no good, and he who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

    21He who begets a fool does so to his sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.

  • Prov 25:20
    72%

    20Like one who takes away a garment in cold weather, and like vinegar on soda, is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

  • Ps 104:15
    71%

    15And wine that makes glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shine, and bread which strengthens man's heart.

  • Job 8:21
    71%

    21Till He fills your mouth with laughter, and your lips with rejoicing.

  • Eccl 2:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure." And behold, this also is vanity.

    2I said of laughter, "It is madness," and of mirth, "What does it accomplish?"

  • Eccl 8:15
    70%

    15So I commended joy, because a man has no better thing under the sun than to eat, drink, and be merry; for this will remain with him in his labor the days of his life, which God gives him under the sun.

  • Prov 15:23
    70%

    23A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, and a word spoken in due season, how good it is!

  • Ps 147:3
    70%

    3He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds.

  • Prov 15:4
    70%

    4A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it is a break in the spirit.

  • Eccl 10:19
    70%

    19A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes merry: but money answers all things.

  • Eccl 11:10
    70%

    10Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh, for childhood and youth are vanity.

  • Prov 15:21
    70%

    21Folly is joy to him who is destitute of wisdom, but a man of understanding walks uprightly.

  • Prov 4:22
    70%

    22For they are life to those who 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%

    23A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Prov 13:12
    69%

    12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.

  • Prov 10:22-23
    2 verses
    68%

    22The blessing of the LORD makes rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.

    23It is as a sport to a fool to do mischief, but a man of understanding has wisdom.

  • Prov 19:3
    68%

    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • Prov 31:6
    68%

    6Give strong drink to him who is perishing, and wine to those of heavy hearts.

  • Job 5:17
    68%

    17Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty:

  • Prov 11:17
    68%

    17The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

  • Prov 23:15
    68%

    15My son, if your heart is wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

  • Prov 27:9
    68%

    9Ointment and perfume make the heart rejoice; so does the sweetness of a man's friend through earnest counsel.

  • Eccl 9:7
    68%

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

  • Prov 14:10
    68%

    10The heart knows its own bitterness, and a stranger does not share its joy.

  • Eccl 5:20
    68%

    20For he will not much remember the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.

  • Eccl 3:12
    68%

    12I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives.