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Proverbs 12:25
25Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop; but a good word maketh it glad.
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 prudent man concealeth knowledge; but the heart of the foolish proclaimeth folly. 24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; but the slothful [hand] shall be under tribute. Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop; but a good word maketh it glad. 26The righteous guideth his neighbour; but the way of the wicked misleadeth them. 27The slothful roasteth not what he took in hunting; but man's precious substance is to the diligent.
Read all of Proverbs 12Proverbs 12:25 word by word
דְּאָגָ֣ה בְלֶב־אִ֣ישׁ יַשְׁחֶ֑נָּה וְדָבָ֖ר ט֣וֹב יְשַׂמְּחֶֽנָּה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 12:25
- Proverbs 14:10The heart knoweth its own bitterness, and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.
- Proverbs 15:13A joyful heart maketh a cheerful countenance; but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.
- Proverbs 17:22A joyful heart promoteth healing; but a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
- Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man sustaineth his infirmity; but a broken spirit who can bear?
- Nehemiah 2:1And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [that] wine was before him, and I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now, I had never been sad in his presence.
- Psalms 38:6I am depressed; I am bowed down beyond measure; I go mourning all the day.
- Psalms 42:11Why art thou cast down, my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God; for I shall yet praise him, [who is] the health of my countenance, and my God.
- Mark 14:33And he takes with him Peter and James and John, and he began to be amazed and oppressed in spirit.
- Proverbs 12:18There is that babbleth like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health.
- Proverbs 15:23A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth; and a word in its season, how good is it!
- Proverbs 16:24Pleasant words are [as] a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health for the bones.
- Proverbs 25:11[As] apples of gold in pictures of silver, is a word spoken in season.
- Proverbs 27:9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one's friend is [the fruit] of hearty counsel.
- Isaiah 50:4The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of the instructed, that I should know how to succour by a word him that is weary. He wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the instructed.
- Zechariah 1:13And Jehovah answered the angel that talked with me good words, comforting words.
- 2 Corinthians 2:4For out of much tribulation and distress of heart I wrote to you, with many tears; not that ye may be grieved, but that ye may know the love which I have very abundantly towards 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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