Proverbs 12:25 - Revised Standard Version

Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: But a good word maketh it glad.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but an encouraging word makes it glad. [Ps. 50:4; Prov. 15:13.]

American Standard Version (1901)

Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop; But a good word maketh it glad.

Common English Bible

Anxiety leads to depression, but a good word encourages.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Grief in the heart of a man humbles him. And with a good word he shall be made glad.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Grief in the heart of a man shall bring him low, but with a good word he shall be made glad.

Proverbs 12:25 Cross References

Psalm 38:6

I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning.

Psalm 42:11

Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God.

Proverbs 12:18

There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 12:26

A righteous man turns away from evil, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

Proverbs 14:10

The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy.

Proverbs 15:13

A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

Proverbs 15:15

All the days of the afflicted are evil, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

Proverbs 15:23

To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is!

Proverbs 15:30

The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, and good news refreshes the bones.

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.

Proverbs 17:22

A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.

Proverbs 18:14

A man's spirit will endure sickness; but a broken spirit who can bear?

Proverbs 25:11

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.

Proverbs 27:9

Oil and perfume make the heart glad, but the soul is torn by trouble.

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him that is weary. Morning by morning he wakens, he wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

Zechariah 1:13

And the Lord answered gracious and comforting words to the angel who talked with me.