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

Bible Comments

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; Philippians 4:4.)

Proverbs 17:22

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