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Berean Standard Bible

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

Context

20The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble. 21A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy. 22A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones. 23A wicked man takes a covert bribe * to subvert the course of justice. 24Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

English text: Berean Standard Bible (BSB). English audio: Berean Standard Audio Bible.