Bible verse
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
Proverbs 17:22 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 17.
18 A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.
19 He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction.
20 The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.
21 A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.
22 A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
23 A wicked man takes a covert bribe to subvert the course of justice.
24 Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
25 A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
26 It is surely not good to punish the innocent or to flog a noble for his honesty.
KJV
A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
ASV
A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
ERV
A merry heart is a good medicine: but a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
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