Proverbs 17:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Proverbs 17:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Doeth good like a medicine - Better, worketh a good healing. Omit “like.”
Proverbs 17:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 17. Fresh points are the rise of the able and clever slave to a place in the family ( Proverbs 17:2 ), the practice of bribes ( Proverbs 17:8 ; Proverbs 17:23 ), the value of adversity as...
Proverbs 17:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.
Proverbs 17:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. A merry heart doeth good like a medicine - Instead of גהה gehah, a medicine, it appears that the Chaldee and Syriac h...
Proverbs 17:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine— Dr. Grey renders this verse thus, A merry heart doeth good to the body, or flesh; but a broken spirit drieth the bones. We often meet with this opposit...
Proverbs 17:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. A merry heart doeth good (like) a medicine - or else, 'make good (i:e., effectual) medicine;' cf. margin: so Me...
Proverbs 17:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Lit. 'the sacrifices of strife.' There would be no pleasure in the festal meal which followed a sacrifice ( Proverbs 7:14 ) if it was accompanied with a quarrel. 'A little with quiet is the only...
Proverbs 17:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine. — Or rather, Makes good a recovery., (For the duty of religious gladness, in gratitude for the love of God towards us, comp. Philippians 3:1 ; Philippi...
Proverbs 17:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 18 FRIENDSHIP "A friend loveth at all times, and as a brother is born for adversity."- Proverbs 17:17 This rendering, based upon the margin of the R.V, yields a much better sense than t...
Proverbs 17:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 17:3 . Two important thoughts are suggested by this proverb. First, that the heart will yield to no force other than that of God. Dross in metal may be discovered and expurged by fire...
Proverbs 17:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. He that h...
Proverbs 17:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

A merry heart doth good [like] a medicine ,.... Does the body good, makes it healthful and vigorous. Cheerfulness of spirit has a great influence upon the body, and much contributes to the health an...
Proverbs 17:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. Ver. 22. A merry heart doeth good, like a medicine. ] Eυεκτειν ποιει : so the Septuagint renders it. And, indeed,...
Proverbs 17:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

A merry heart Cheerfullness of mind, especially that which is solid, and ariseth from the testimony of a good conscience; doeth good like a medicine Even to the body; it contributes very much to...
Proverbs 17:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. Note, 1. It is healthful to be cheerful. The Lord is for the body, and has provided for it, not o...
Proverbs 17:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A merry heart; cheerfulness of soul, especially that which is solid, and ariseth from the witness of a good conscience. Doeth good, even to the body; it contributes very much to the restoration o...
Proverbs 17:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Ways Of The Fool ( Proverbs 17:16-23 ). The main emphasis in this subsection is on the ways of the fool ( Proverbs 17:16 ; Proverbs 17:21 ), the man void of mind (heart) ( Proverbs 17:16 ; P...
Proverbs 17:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 17:22 . A broken spirit . Miller renders “ an upraiding spirit ,” i.e. , spirit which cavils at God’s providential dealings. MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 17:22 THE...
Proverbs 17:22 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Proverbs 17:22 I. Consider the power which the mind can exert in support of the body, so long as itself is in good case. If it be true that the spirit of man has a medicinal power, that there is a...
Proverbs 17:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 17:1 . Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith. See Proverbs 15:17 . Proverbs 17:3 . The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace (or crucible) for gold. Silver ores in Me...
Proverbs 17:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. Mental and bodily influence The connection between the mind and the body, though not to be explained, is so strik...
Proverbs 17:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 17:1 (Comp, Proverbs 15:16 , Proverbs 15:17 ; Proverbs 16:8 .) Better (sweeter) is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith. Dry bread was soaked in wine or water be...
Proverbs 17:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 22. A merry heart doeth good like a medicine, cheerfulness is conducive to health and well-being; but a broken spirit, one afflicted with grief and distress, drieth the bones, taking the ver...
Proverbs 17:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 2:7 ; 2 Corinthians 7:10 ; Ecclesiastes 9:7-9 ; Proverbs 12:25 ; Proverbs 15:13 ; Proverbs 18:14 ; Psalms 102:3-5 ; Psalms 22:15 ; Psalms 32:3 ; Psalms 32:4 ; Romans 5:2-5
Proverbs 17:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Doth good — Even to the body; it contributes much to bodily health and vigour. Drieth — Wastes the marrow of the bones, and the moisture and strength of the body.

Proverbs 17:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 17:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 17:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 17:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 17:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 17:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 17:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 17:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 17:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 17:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 17:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 17:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 17:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 17:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 17:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 17:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 17:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 17:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 17:22 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Proverbs 17:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 17:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 17:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 17:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 17:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 17:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes