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 opposition, and the sense perhaps is more complete, especially if we leave out the word like, which is not in the Hebrew. Houbigant translates it nearly in the same manner.
Verse Proverbs 17:22. _A MERRY HEART DOETH GOOD_ LIKE _A MEDICINE_] Instead of גהה _gehah_, a _medicine_, it appears that the _Chaldee_ and _Syriac_ had read in their copies גוה _gevah_, the body, as...
DOETH GOOD LIKE A MEDICINE - Better, worketh a good healing. Omit “like.”...
CHAPTER 17 DIVERSE PROVERBS Of the twenty-eight proverbs found in this chapter we point out but a few. “The fining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold; but the LORD trieth the hearts” (Proverbs...
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 a test o...
SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9....
_doeth good_like _a medicine_ Rather, IS A GOOD MEDICINE, R.V. "Heb. _causeth good healing_," R.V. marg.; _giveth a happy healing_, Gesen.; εὐεκτεῖν ποιεῖ, LXX....
TEXT Proverbs 17:20-28 20. He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good; And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. 21. He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow; And the fa...
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 Mercer....
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 diet...
Happiness is like a medicine for our spirits and for our bodies. We feel stronger and healthier, when we are content. Our emotions are powerful, so we should try to control them. We can be content eve...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 17 V1 One man eats dry bread in a calm and quiet place. But that man’s meal is better than the food at a party where there are arguments....
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:...
לֵ֣ב שָׂ֭מֵחַ יֵיטִ֣ב גֵּהָ֑ה וְ ר֥וּחַ נְ֝כֵ
CHAPTER 25 FORGIVING "Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to h...
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 the lo...
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, b...
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 ha...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
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 and w...
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, it...
_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 t...
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 very marro...
LIKE A MEDICINE: Or, to a medicine...
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 or pre...
Proverbs 17:22 merry H8056 heart H3820 good H3190 (H8686) medicine H1456 broken H5218 spirit H7307 dries H3001
THE WAYS OF THE FOOL (PROVERBS 17:16). 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 17:22 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 str...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: About the most satisfactory substitute for wisdom is silence. Discretion of speech is better than fluency of speech. KEY W...
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 Mexico are...
_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 striking...
A GOOD MEDICINE A merry heart is a good medicine. Proverbs 17:22. I'm afraid you won't find today's text unless you are lucky enough to have a Revised Version of the Bible, because our text is given...
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 MERRY H...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 17:1 (Comp, Proverbs 15:16, Proverbs 15:17; Proverbs 16:8.) Better
Better is a dry morsel, with quietness, than a house full of sacrifices with strife (Proverbs 17:1). Now the house full of sacrifices refer to the sacrifices. It's, if in that economy the of the Judai...
2 Corinthians 2:7; 2 Corinthians 7:10; Ecclesiastes 9:7; Proverbs 12:25;...
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....