A joyful heart helps healing,
but a broken spirit dries up the bones.The Bible (The Old Testament) (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals)
Book 20. Proverbs 17:22 (Prov 17:22) [tr. CEB (2011)]
Alternate translations:A merry heart doeth good like a medicine; but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
[KJV (1611)]Being cheerful keeps you healthy. It is slow death to be gloomy all the time.
[GNT (1976)]A glad heart is excellent medicine, a depressed spirit wastes the bones away.
[NJB (1985)]A cheerful heart is a good medicine,
but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.
[NRSV (2021 ed.)]A joyful heart makes for good health;
Despondency dries up the bones.
[RJPS (2023 ed.)]
