Proverbs 17:22
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.”
טוֹב
Taste and see. David does not say understand or agree — he says taste. Towb is goodness you experience, not just believe in. God's goodness is not a theological position. It is something you encounter when you draw near to Him.
גֵּהָה
Medicine
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גֵּהָה
Healing, cure, medicine. Gehah. A merry heart is like good medicine. Joy is therapeutic. God made laughter and gladness. Both are gifts worth cultivating.
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לֵב
Heart
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לֵב
Heart, mind, will. Leb. The centre of human personality. Guard your heart above all else for everything you do flows from it.
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יָבֵשׁ
it dries up
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יָבֵשׁ
to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
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יָטַב
it makes good
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יָטַב
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
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גֶּרֶם
bones
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גֶּרֶם
a bone (as the skeleton of the body); hence, self, i.e. (figuratively) very
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נָכֵא
stricken
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נָכֵא
smitten, i.e. (figuratively) afflicted
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שָׂמֵחַ
Merry
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שָׂמֵחַ
blithe or gleeful
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