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Proverbs 17

Prov. 17:22 KJV (With Strong’s)

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A merry
sameach (Hebrew #8056)
blithe or gleeful
KJV usage: (be) glad, joyful, (making) merry((-hearted), -ily), rejoice(-ing).
Pronounce: saw-may'-akh
Origin: from 8055
heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
doeth good
yatab (Hebrew #3190)
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
KJV usage: be accepted, amend, use aright, benefit, be (make) better, seem best, make cheerful, be comely, + be content, diligent(-ly), dress, earnestly, find favour, give, be glad, do (be, make) good((-ness)), be (make) merry, please (+ well), shew more (kindness), skilfully, X very small, surely, make sweet, thoroughly, tire, trim, very, be (can, deal, entreat, go, have) well (said, seen).
Pronounce: yaw-tab'
Origin: a primitive root
τlike a medicine
gehah (Hebrew #1456)
a cure
KJV usage: medicine.
Pronounce: gay-haw'
Origin: from 1455
: but a broken
nake' (Hebrew #5218)
from 5217; smitten, i.e. (figuratively) afflicted
KJV usage: broken, stricken, wounded.
Pronounce: naw-kay'
Origin: or nakat {naw-kaw'}
spirit
ruwach (Hebrew #7307)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).
Pronounce: roo'-akh
Origin: from 7306
w drieth
yabesh (Hebrew #3001)
to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
KJV usage: be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), X utterly, wither (away).
Pronounce: yaw-bashe'
Origin: a primitive root
the bones
gerem (Hebrew #1634)
a bone (as the skeleton of the body); hence, self, i.e. (figuratively) very
KJV usage: bone, strong, top.
Pronounce: gheh'-rem
Origin: from 1633
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Prov. 18:14• 14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear? (Prov. 18:14)

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Ministry on This Verse

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merry.
Prov. 12:25• 25Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad. (Prov. 12:25)
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Prov. 15:13• 13A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. (Prov. 15:13)
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Prov. 18:14• 14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear? (Prov. 18:14)
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Eccl. 9:7‑9• 7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
 8Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
 9Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labor which thou takest under the sun. (Eccl. 9:7‑9)
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Rom. 5:2‑5• 2By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
 3And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
 4And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
 5And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. (Rom. 5:2‑5)
like a medicine.
Heb. to a medicine.
a broken.
Psa. 22:15• 15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. (Psa. 22:15)
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Psa. 32:3‑4• 3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
 4For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah. (Psa. 32:3‑4)
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Psa. 102:3‑5• 3For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
 4My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
 5By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. (Psa. 102:3‑5)
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2 Cor. 2:7• 7So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow. (2 Cor. 2:7)
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2 Cor. 7:10• 10For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. (2 Cor. 7:10)
• See Proverbs 15:13, 15. Nothing breaks the system like gloom and melancholy. When the heart is filled with joy, the whole being is refreshed thereby. The merriment of the Christian is far more real than the mere frivolity of the worldling. He is able in all circumstances to rejoice in the Lord, and thus be lifted above what would depress and weigh down the soul. (“Proverbs Seventeen” by H.A. Ironside)
• The man of the world has to resort to various expedients to relieve his uneasiness and rouse his spirits. Hence his eager participation in all kinds of diversions; the object of which is to enable him, for the time being, to forget. On the contrary, it is when the child of God remembers his place and portion in Christ that his joy overflows. (“Proverbs Seventeen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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A joyful heart promoteth healing; but a broken spirit drieth up the bones.