Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 3820 [e] לֵ֣ב lêḇ A heart N-ms 8056 [e] שָׂ֭מֵחַ mê-aḥ merry Adj-ms 3190 [e] יֵיטִ֣ב yê-ṭiḇ does good V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms 1456 [e] גֵּהָ֑ה gê-hāh; [like] medicine N-fs 7307 [e] וְר֥וּחַ wə-rū-aḥ but a spirit Conj-w | N-cs 5218 [e] נְ֝כֵאָ֗ה nə-ḵê-’āh, broken Adj-fs 3001 [e] תְּיַבֶּשׁ־ tə-yab-beš- dries V-Piel-Imperf-3fs 1634 [e] גָּֽרֶם׃ gā-rem. the bones N-ms

New American Standard Bible
A joyful heart is good medicine, But a broken spirit dries up the bones.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

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Psalm 22:15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue sticks to …

Psalm 32:3,4 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long…

Psalm 102:3-5 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth…

2 Corinthians 2:7 So that contrariwise you ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him…

2 Corinthians 7:10 For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation not to be repented …

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