Proverbs 12:25

A Conservative Version

Heaviness in the heart of a man makes it droop, but a good word makes it glad.

Cross References

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are a honeycomb: Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Proverbs 15:13

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

Proverbs 17:22

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

Isaiah 50:4

Lord LORD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning. He awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

Proverbs 15:23

A man has joy in the answer of his mouth, and a word in due season, how good it is!

Zechariah 1:13

And LORD answered the agent who talked with me with good words, comforting words.

Proverbs 12:18

There is he who speaks rashly like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is health.

Proverbs 27:9

Oil and perfume rejoice the heart, so [too] the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

Psalm 42:11

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

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 apples of gold in a network of silver.

Psalm 38:6

I am pained and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all the day long.

Proverbs 15:15

All the days of the afflicted are evil, but he who is of a cheerful heart [has] a continual feast.

Proverbs 14:10

The heart knows its own bitterness, and a stranger does not intermeddle with its joy.

Proverbs 12:26

A righteous man is a guide to his neighbor, but the way of the wicked causes them to err.

Proverbs 15:30

The light of the eyes rejoices the heart. Good news make the bones fat.