箴言 17:22
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Context
This verse from 箴言 Chapter 17 connects to 10 cross-references. 约瑟再也不能忍耐，在众人面前哭着表明身份：「我是约瑟。」他说这是神的旨意，并催请全家来埃及。
其他译本
A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.
A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.
交叉参考
My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me …
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth …
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath …