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Proverbs 12:25
25Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Worry weighs a person down; an encouraging word cheers a person up.
Context of Proverbs 12:25
23The prudent keep their knowledge to themselves, but a fool’s heart blurts out folly. 24Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor. Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up. 26The righteous choose their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them astray. 27The lazy do not roast any game, but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.
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 14:10Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can share its joy.
- Proverbs 15:13A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit.
- Proverbs 17:22A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
- Proverbs 18:14The human spirit can endure in 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 brought for him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had not been sad in his presence before,
- Psalms 38:6I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I go about mourning.
- Psalms 42:11Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
- Mark 14:33He took Peter, James and John along with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled.
- Proverbs 12:18The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
- Proverbs 15:23A person finds joy in giving an apt reply— and how good is a timely word!
- Proverbs 16:24Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
- Proverbs 25:11Like apples of gold in settings of silver is a ruling rightly given.
- Proverbs 27:9Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of a friend springs from their heartfelt advice.
- Isaiah 50:4The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.
- Zechariah 1:13So the Lord spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who talked with me.
- 2 Corinthians 2:4For I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love 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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