Proverbs 12:25

Bible in Basic English 1965

Care in the heart of a man makes it weighted down, but a good word makes it glad.

Cross References

Psalm 38:6

I am troubled, I am made low; I go weeping all the day.

Psalm 42:11

Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

Proverbs 12:18

There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.

Proverbs 12:26

The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.

Proverbs 14:10

No one has knowledge of a man's grief but himself; and a strange person has no part in his joy.

Proverbs 15:13

A glad heart makes a shining face, but by the sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

Proverbs 15:15

All the days of the troubled are evil; but he whose heart is glad has an unending feast.

Proverbs 15:23

A man has joy in the answer of his mouth: and a word at the right time, how good it is!

Proverbs 15:30

The light of the eyes is a joy to the heart, and good news makes the bones fat.

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.

Proverbs 17:22

A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.

Proverbs 18:14

The spirit of a man will be his support when he is ill; but how may a broken spirit be lifted up?

Proverbs 25:11

A word at the right time is like apples of gold in a network of silver.

Proverbs 27:9

Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are experienced, so that I may be able to give the word a special sense for the feeble: every morning my ear is open to his teaching, like those who are experienced:

Zechariah 1:13

And the Lord gave an answer in good and comforting words to the angel who was talking to me.