Proverbs 17:22

English Standard Version

22 A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. (Ps 22:15; Pr 12:25; Pr 15:13)

New International Version

22 A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

New International Reader’s Version

22 A cheerful heart makes you healthy. But a broken spirit dries you up.

King James Version

22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.