Proverbs 17:22

Doeth good like a medicine - Better, worketh a good healing. Omit “like.”

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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 1...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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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 tha...
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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 π...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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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 Lo...
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 b...
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 ),...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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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 sp...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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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 Complete Pulpit Commentary

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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 grie...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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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 streng...

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

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 17:22

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 17:22