English Standard Version
Proverbs 12:25
25Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, But a good word makes it glad.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Worry weighs a person down; an encouraging word cheers a person up.
Context of Proverbs 12:25
23A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims folly. 24The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor. Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad. 26One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray. 27Whoever is slothful will not roast his game, but the diligent man will get precious wealth.
Read all of Proverbs 12Proverbs 12:25 word by word
דְּאָגָ֣ה בְלֶב־אִ֣ישׁ יַשְׁחֶ֑נָּה וְדָבָ֖ר ט֣וֹב יְשַׂמְּחֶֽנָּה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 12:25
- Proverbs 14:10The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy.
- Proverbs 15:13A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed.
- Proverbs 17:22A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
- Proverbs 18:14A man's spirit will endure sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?
- Nehemiah 2:1In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence.
- Psalms 38:6I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning.
- Psalms 42:11Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.
- Mark 14:33And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled.
- Proverbs 12:18There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
- Proverbs 15:23To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is!
- Proverbs 16:24Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.
- Proverbs 25:11A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.
- Proverbs 27:9Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.
- Isaiah 50:4The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
- Zechariah 1:13And the Lord answered gracious and comforting words to the angel who talked with me.
- 2 Corinthians 2:4For I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that 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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