Proverbs 17:22

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A cheerful heart brings good healing, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:13 : 13 A joyful heart makes the face cheerful, but by a painful heart the spirit is broken.
  • Prov 12:25 : 25 Anxiety in a person’s heart weighs him down, but an encouraging word brings him joy.
  • Prov 18:14 : 14 A person’s spirit sustains him through sickness– but who can bear a crushed spirit?
  • 2 Cor 7:10 : 10 For sadness as intended by God produces a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret, but worldly sadness brings about death.
  • Eccl 9:7-9 : 7 Life is Brief, so Cherish its Joys Go, eat your food with joy, and drink your wine with a happy heart, because God has already approved your works. 8 Let your clothes always be white, and do not spare precious ointment on your head. 9 Enjoy life with your beloved wife during all the days of your fleeting life that God has given you on earth during all your fleeting days; for that is your reward in life and in your burdensome work on earth.
  • Rom 5:2-5 : 2 through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of God’s glory. 3 Not only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance, character, and character, hope. 5 And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
  • Ps 102:3-5 : 3 For my days go up in smoke, and my bones are charred like a fireplace. 4 My heart is parched and withered like grass, for I am unable to eat food. 5 Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin.
  • Ps 22:15 : 15 The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death.
  • 2 Cor 2:7 : 7 so that now instead you should rather forgive and comfort him. This will keep him from being overwhelmed by excessive grief to the point of despair.
  • Ps 32:3-4 : 3 When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long. 4 For day and night you tormented me; you tried to destroy me in the intense heat of summer.(Selah)

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:13-16
    4 verses
    89%

    13A joyful heart makes the face cheerful, but by a painful heart the spirit is broken.

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

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

    16Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great wealth and turmoil with it.

  • Prov 12:25
    78%

    25Anxiety in a person’s heart weighs him down, but an encouraging word brings him joy.

  • Prov 15:30
    78%

    30A bright look brings joy to the heart, and good news gives health to the body.

  • Eccl 7:2-4
    3 verses
    77%

    2It is better to go to a funeral than a feast. For death is the destiny of every person, and the living should take this to heart.

    3Sorrow is better than laughter, because sober reflection is good for the heart.

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

  • Prov 14:13-14
    2 verses
    77%

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

    14The backslider will be paid back from his own ways, but a good person will be rewarded for his.

  • Prov 14:30
    76%

    30A tranquil spirit revives the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones.

  • Prov 18:14
    74%

    14A person’s spirit sustains him through sickness– but who can bear a crushed spirit?

  • Prov 3:8
    73%

    8This will bring healing to your body, and refreshment to your inner self.

  • Ps 51:8
    73%

    8Grant me the ultimate joy of being forgiven! May the bones you crushed rejoice!

  • Prov 16:24
    73%

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

  • Prov 17:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.

    21Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief, and the father of a fool has no joy.

  • Prov 25:20
    72%

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

  • Ps 104:15
    71%

    15as well as wine that makes people feel so good, and so they can have oil to make their faces shine, as well as food that sustains people’s lives.

  • Job 8:21
    71%

    21He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with gladness.

  • Eccl 2:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1Futility of Self-Indulgent Pleasure I thought to myself,“Come now, I will try self-indulgent pleasure to see if it is worthwhile.” But I found that it also is futile.

    2I said of partying,“It is folly,” and of self-indulgent pleasure,“It accomplishes nothing!”

  • Eccl 8:15
    70%

    15Enjoy Life In Spite of Its Injustices So I recommend the enjoyment of life, for there is nothing better on earth for a person to do except to eat, drink, and enjoy life. So joy will accompany him in his toil during the days of his life which God gives him on earth.

  • Prov 15:23
    70%

    23A person has joy in giving an appropriate answer, and a word at the right time– how good it is!

  • Ps 147:3
    70%

    3He heals the brokenhearted, and bandages their wounds.

  • Prov 15:4
    70%

    4Speech that heals is like a life-giving tree, but a perverse speech breaks the spirit.

  • Eccl 10:19
    70%

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

  • Eccl 11:10
    70%

    10Banish emotional stress from your mind. and put away pain from your body; for youth and the prime of life are fleeting.

  • Prov 15:21
    70%

    21Folly is a joy to one who lacks sense, but one who has understanding follows an upright course.

  • Prov 4:22
    70%

    22for they are life to those who find them and healing to one’s entire body.

  • Eccl 7:6
    69%

    6For like the crackling of quick-burning thorns under a cooking pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This kind of folly also is useless.

  • Prov 17:23
    69%

    23A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Prov 13:12
    69%

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

  • Prov 10:22-23
    2 verses
    68%

    22The blessing from the LORD makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow to it.

    23Carrying out a wicked scheme is enjoyable to a fool, and so is wisdom for the one who has discernment.

  • Prov 19:3
    68%

    3A person’s folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Prov 31:6
    68%

    6Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those who are bitterly distressed;

  • Job 5:17
    68%

    17“Therefore, blessed is the man whom God corrects, so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

  • Prov 11:17
    68%

    17A kind person benefits himself, but a cruel person brings himself trouble.

  • Prov 23:15
    68%

    15My child, if your heart is wise, then my heart also will be glad;

  • Prov 27:9
    68%

    9Ointment and incense make the heart rejoice, likewise the sweetness of one’s friend from sincere counsel.

  • Eccl 9:7
    68%

    7Life is Brief, so Cherish its Joys Go, eat your food with joy, and drink your wine with a happy heart, because God has already approved your works.

  • Prov 14:10
    68%

    10The heart knows its own bitterness, and with its joy no one else can share.

  • Eccl 5:20
    68%

    20For he does not think much about the fleeting days of his life because God keeps him preoccupied with the joy he derives from his activity.

  • Eccl 3:12
    68%

    12Enjoy Life in the Present I have concluded that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to enjoy themselves as long as they live,