Proverbs 17:22
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
*‖A merrie heart doth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, to a medicine.
- *Cross-referenceChap. 15.13. and 12.25.
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- Proverbs 15:13Rank 1 from verse 22
- Proverbs 12:25Rank 2 from verse 22
- Proverbs 18:14Rank 3 from verse 22
- 2 Corinthians 7:10Rank 4 from verse 22
- Ecclesiastes 9:7–9Rank 5 from verse 22
7¶ Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
8Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
9Live 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.
7¶ Goe thy way, eate thy bread with ioy, and drinke thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy workes.
8Let thy garments bee alwayes white; and let thy head lacke no oyntment.
9†*Liue ioyfully with the wife, whom thou louest, all the dayes of the life of thy vanitie, which he hath giuen thee vnder the Sunne, all the dayes of thy vanitie: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest vnder the Sunne.
- Romans 5:2–5Rank 6 from verse 22
2By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
3And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
4And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
5And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
2By whom also wee haue accesse by faith, into this grace wherein wee stand, and reioyce in hope of the glory of God.
3And not onely so, but we glory in tribulations also, knowing that tribulation worketh patience:
4And patience, experience: and experience, hope:
5And hope maketh not ashamed, because the loue of God is shed abroad in our hearts, by the holy Ghost, which is giuen vnto vs.
- 2 Corinthians 2:7Rank 7 from verse 22
- Psalms 102:3–5Rank 8 from verse 22
3For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
4My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
5By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
3‖For my dayes are consumed like smoke: and my bones are burnt as an hearth.
4My heart is smitten, and withered like grasse: so that I forget to eate my bread.
5‖By reason of the voice of my groning, my bones cleaue to my skinne.
- Psalms 22:15Rank 9 from verse 22
- Psalms 32:3–4Rank 10 from verse 22
3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
4For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old; through my roaring all the day long.
4For day and night thy hand was heauy vpon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
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Proverbs 17:22
Glad, cheerful, joyful, festive, pleased, or enlivened in heart, often in connection with eating, drinking, feasting, celebration, or favourable circumstances.
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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.
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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Sense 1: Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely. Sense 2: A like person or thing; an equal or counterpart. Sense 3: To please, choose, or regard with favour.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
A substance or means used to heal, relieve, or restore health.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604
Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Sense 1: An immaterial living or personal being distinct from a body. Sense 2: The inward life, disposition, mind, or courage of a person. Sense 3: The Holy Spirit, the divine Spirit of God.
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21He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
21*He that begetteth a foole, doth it to his sorrow: and the father of a foole hath no ioy.
22A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
22*‖A merrie heart doth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Selected passage23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosome, to peruert the wayes of iudgement.