Daily Verse Proverbs 17:22
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A cheerful heart is good medicine Proverbs often speaks of the benefits of a happy frame of mind. Joy is encouraged, while anxiety and discouragement only weigh a person down (12:25; 15:13, 15; 18:14).
Barry, J. D., Mangum, D., Brown, D. R., Heiser, M. S., Custis, M., Ritzema, E., … Bomar, D. (2012, 2016). Faithlife Study Bible (Pr 17:22). Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.
17:22 In 15:13 a joyful heart causes a good face; here it is a good cure. A sad heart produces a broken spirit (see note at 15:13). Dried-up bones represent people who have lost their vitality (Ezk 37:11). The opposite would be bones saturated with marrow or oil (Jb 21:24; Ps 109:18).
Stabnow, D. K. (2017). Proverbs. In E. A. Blum & T. Wax (Eds.), CSB Study Bible: Notes (p. 980). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
17:22. As in 15:13, 15, 30; 18:14, one’s inner life affects his physical well-being. A cheerful heart translates two Hebrew words that are rendered “a happy heart” in 15:13. The word for medicine occurs only here in the Old Testament. A crushed spirit refers to being depressed or saddened (cf. 18:14). An example of a crushed spirit is a father’s grief over a wayward son (17:21). On the bones see comments on 3:8.
Buzzell, S. S. (1985). Proverbs. In J. F. Walvoord & R. B. Zuck (Eds.), The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures (Vol. 1, p. 943). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
Barry, J. D., Mangum, D., Brown, D. R., Heiser, M. S., Custis, M., Ritzema, E., … Bomar, D. (2012, 2016). Faithlife Study Bible (Pr 17:22). Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.
17:22 In 15:13 a joyful heart causes a good face; here it is a good cure. A sad heart produces a broken spirit (see note at 15:13). Dried-up bones represent people who have lost their vitality (Ezk 37:11). The opposite would be bones saturated with marrow or oil (Jb 21:24; Ps 109:18).
Stabnow, D. K. (2017). Proverbs. In E. A. Blum & T. Wax (Eds.), CSB Study Bible: Notes (p. 980). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
17:22. As in 15:13, 15, 30; 18:14, one’s inner life affects his physical well-being. A cheerful heart translates two Hebrew words that are rendered “a happy heart” in 15:13. The word for medicine occurs only here in the Old Testament. A crushed spirit refers to being depressed or saddened (cf. 18:14). An example of a crushed spirit is a father’s grief over a wayward son (17:21). On the bones see comments on 3:8.
Buzzell, S. S. (1985). Proverbs. In J. F. Walvoord & R. B. Zuck (Eds.), The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures (Vol. 1, p. 943). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
