Proverbs 12:25 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop; But a good word maketh it 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 pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

Psalm 42:11

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, Who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Proverbs 12:18

There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword: But the tongue of the wise is health.

Proverbs 12:26

The righteous is a guide to his neighbour: But the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

Proverbs 14:10

The heart knoweth its own bitterness; And a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.

Proverbs 15:13

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

Proverbs 15:15

All the days of the afflicted are evil: But he that is of a cheerful heart hath a continual feast.

Proverbs 15:23

A man hath joy in the answer of his mouth: And a word in due season, how good is it!

Proverbs 15:30

The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: And good tidings make the bones fat.

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Proverbs 17:22

A merry heart is a good medicine: But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

Proverbs 18:14

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; But a broken spirit who can bear?

Proverbs 25:11

A word fitly spoken Is like apples of gold in baskets of silver.

Proverbs 27:9

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: So doth the sweetness of a man's friend that cometh of hearty counsel.

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord GODhath given me the tongue of them that are taught, that I should know how to sustain with words him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as they that are taught.

Zechariah 1:13

And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good words, even comfortable words.