Bible verses · Proverbs · KJV
Proverbs 17:22
“A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.”
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“A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.”Proverbs 17:22
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21He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
22A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
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In Latin · Latin Vulgate (Clementine)
“Animus gaudens ætatem floridam facit; spiritus tristis exsiccat ossa.”Proverbia 17:22
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