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Proverbs 12:25
25Anxiety in a person’s heart weighs it down, but a good word cheers it up.
Proverbs 12:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
- New International Version (NIV)Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, But a good word makes it glad.
Context of Proverbs 12:25
23A shrewd person conceals knowledge, but a foolish heart publicizes stupidity. 24The diligent hand will rule, but laziness will lead to forced labor. Anxiety in a person’s heart weighs it down, but a good word cheers it up. 26A righteous person is careful in dealing with his neighbor, but the ways of the wicked lead them astray. 27A lazy hunter doesn’t roast his game, but to a diligent person, his wealth is precious.
Read all of Proverbs 12Proverbs 12:25 word by word
דְּאָגָ֣ה בְלֶב־אִ֣ישׁ יַשְׁחֶ֑נָּה וְדָבָ֖ר ט֣וֹב יְשַׂמְּחֶֽנָּה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 12:25
- Proverbs 14:10The heart knows its own bitterness, and no outsider shares in its joy.
- Proverbs 15:13A joyful heart makes a face cheerful, but a sad heart produces a broken spirit.
- Proverbs 17:22A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
- Proverbs 18:14A person’s spirit can endure sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit?
- Nehemiah 2:1During the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,
- Psalms 38:6I am bent over and brought very low; all day long I go around in mourning.
- Psalms 42:11Why, my soul, are you so dejected? Why are you in such turmoil? Put your hope in God, for I will still praise him, my Savior and my God.
- Mark 14:33He took Peter, James, and John with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled.
- Proverbs 12:18There is one who speaks rashly, like a piercing sword; but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
- Proverbs 15:23A person takes joy in giving an answer; and a timely word — how good that is!
- Proverbs 16:24Pleasant words are a honeycomb: sweet to the taste and health to the body.
- Proverbs 25:11A word spoken at the right time is like gold apples in silver settings.
- Proverbs 27:9Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is better than self-counsel.
- Isaiah 50:4The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are instructed to know how to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens me each morning; he awakens my ear to listen like those being instructed.
- Zechariah 1:13The Lord replied with kind and comforting words to the angel who was speaking with me.
- 2 Corinthians 2:4For I wrote to you with many tears out of an extremely troubled and anguished heart — not to cause you pain, but that you should know the abundant love I have for you.
Commentaries on Proverbs 12:25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop - Sorrow of heart, hopeless love, or a sense of God's displeasure - these prostrate the man, and he becomes a child before them. But a good word maketh it glad - A single good or favorable word will remove despondency; and that word, "Son, be of good cheer, thy sins are forgiven thee," will instantly remove despair.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25Verse 25 Care, fear, and sorrow, upon the spirits, deprive men of vigour in what is to be done, or courage in what is to be borne. A good word from God, applied by faith, makes the heart glad.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. a good word--one of comfort.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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