 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 474 頁
...cannot be 22 too careful in the education of their children. A merry heart, that is, a cheerful temper, doeth good [like] a medicine : but a broken spirit drieth the bones ; weakens the strength, and con23 lumes the vital parts. A wicked ([man] taketh, or acceptet/i, a gift... | |
 | 1807 - 570 頁
...He that begetteth a fool docth it to Lisrforroiv: and the father of a fool hath HO joy. 22 A merrv heart doeth good like a. medicine : but a broken spirit drieth the bones. 23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. 24 Wisdom is before... | |
 | Church of Scotland - 1810 - 636 頁
...shall .inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. m Prov. xvii. 22. A merry heart doeth good like a medicine ; but a broken spirit drieth the bones. n Prov. xxv. 16. Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, 1m thou be filled 30-t... | |
 | 1815 - 614 頁
...mischief. 21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow : and the father of a fool hath no joy. 22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine : but a broken spirit drieth the bones. 23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. 24 Wisdom is before... | |
 | Church of England, Sir John Bayley - 1816 - 738 頁
...mischief. 21. He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow : and the father of a fool hath no joy. 22. A merry heart doeth good like a medicine : but a broken spirit drieth the bones. 23. A wicked man taketh a gift (/) out of the bosom (/) to pervert the ways of judgment. 24. Wisdom... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 606 頁
...the days of the " afflicted are evil ; but he that is of a merry heart " hath a continual feast. A merry heart doeth good "like a medicine; but a broken spirit drieth the " bones." To these passages may be subjoined a very fine one from the book of Ecclesiasticus, written in the... | |
 | 1819 - 948 頁
...perverse 21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow : and the father of a fool bath nojoy. 22 A 5 23 A wicked man taketh a gift out o the bosom to pervert the waysot judgment. 24 Wisdom it before him... | |
 | George Lawson - 1821 - 480 頁
...their children, or in praying for that blessing on which the success of all means depends. Ver. 22. A merry heart doeth good like a medicine ; but a broken spirit drieth the bones. The intemperate mirth of sensualists is a slow poison to the body, and therefore cannot be here meant.... | |
 | James Heaton - 1822 - 286 頁
...philosophy. — Common sense very often applies to it, and the scriptures often remind us of it. " A merry heart doeth good like a medicine ; but a broken spirit drieth the bones." Prov. xvii. 22. Thoughts work upon the passions, and the passions materially affect the animal functions.... | |
 | 1869 - 346 頁
...of a friend." " It's true, Ned," he answered. " Dost thou not know what the good old book says, ' A merry heart doeth good like a medicine ; but a broken spirit drieth the bones ?' Dr. Bradley could not give thee a better prescription than that — no, not one a quarter as good."... | |
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A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. 
