Proverbs 17:22
King James VersionSource notes
“A merry heart doeth good a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.”
Context
19He loveth transgression that loveth strife: he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
20He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
21He that begetteth a fool to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
22A merry heart doeth good a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
23A wicked taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
24Wisdom before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool in the ends of the earth.
25A foolish son a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.