Proverbs 17:22
A wmerry heart doeth good 10like a medicine: but xa broken spirit drieth the bones.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
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Proverbs 15:13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Proverbs 15:15 All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
Proverbs 12:25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
Ecclesiastes 9:7-9 7. ¶Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. 8. Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment. 9. Live 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.
Psalms 22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
2 Corinthians 2:7 So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
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Or, to a medicine.
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Proverbs 18:14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?