THEOSISProverbs 17:22Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
A joyful mind maketh age flourishing: a sorrowful spirit drieth up the bones.
לֵ֣ב שָׂ֭מֵחַ יֵיטִ֣ב גֵּהָ֑ה וְר֥וּחַ נְ֝כֵאָ֗ה תְּיַבֶּשׁ־גָּֽרֶם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 15:13A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by grief of mind the spirit is cast down.
- Prov 12:25Grief in the heart of a man shall bring him low, but with a good word he shall be made glad.
- Prov 18:14The spirit of a man upholdeth his infirmity: but a spirit that is easily angered, who can bear?
- 2 Cor 7:10For the sorrow that is according to God worketh penance, steadfast unto salvation: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
- Rom 5:2By whom also we have access through faith into this grace wherein we stand: and glory in the hope of the glory of the sons of God.
- Rom 5:5And hope confoundeth not: because the charity of God is poured forth in our hearts, by the Holy Ghost who is given to us.
- Eccl 9:7Go then, and eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with gladness: because thy works please God.
- Eccl 9:9Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest, all the days of thy unsteady life, which are given to thee under the sun, all the time of thy vanity: for this is thy portion in life, and in thy labour wherewith thou labourest under the sun.