Verse 22

A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:13 : 13 A joyful heart maketh glad the face, And by grief of heart is the spirit smitten.
  • Prov 12:25 : 25 Sorrow in the heart of a man boweth down, And a good word maketh him glad.
  • Prov 18:14 : 14 The spirit of a man sustaineth his sickness, And a smitten spirit who doth bear?
  • 2 Cor 7:10 : 10 for the sorrow toward God reformation to salvation not to be repented of doth work, and the sorrow of the world doth work death,
  • Eccl 9:7-9 : 7 Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a glad heart thy wine, for already hath God been pleased with thy works. 8 At all times let thy garments be white, and let not perfume be lacking on thy head. 9 See life with the wife whom thou hast loved, all the days of the life of thy vanity, that He hath given to thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity, for it `is' thy portion in life, even of thy labour that thou art labouring at under the sun.
  • Rom 5:2-5 : 2 through whom also we have the access by the faith into this grace in which we have stood, and we boast on the hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only `so', but we also boast in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation doth work endurance; 4 and the endurance, experience; and the experience, hope; 5 and the hope doth not make ashamed, because the love of God hath been poured forth in our hearts through the Holy Spirit that hath been given to us.
  • Ps 102:3-5 : 3 For consumed in smoke have been my days, And my bones as a fire-brand have burned. 4 Smitten as the herb, and withered, is my heart, For I have forgotten to eat my bread. 5 From the voice of my sighing Hath my bone cleaved to my flesh.
  • Ps 22:15 : 15 Dried up as an earthen vessel is my power, And my tongue is cleaving to my jaws.
  • 2 Cor 2:7 : 7 so that, on the contrary, `it is' rather for you to forgive and to comfort, lest by over abundant sorrow such a one may be swallowed up;
  • Ps 32:3-4 : 3 When I have kept silence, become old have my bones, Through my roaring all the day. 4 When by day and by night Thy hand is heavy upon me, My moisture hath been changed Into the droughts of summer. Selah.