Proverbs 12:25

Modern King James Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 38:6

I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

Psalm 42:11

Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why do you moan within me? Hope in God; for I still praise Him, the salvation of my face, and my God.

Proverbs 12:18

There are those who speak like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

Proverbs 12:26

The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor, but the way of the wicked seduces them.

Proverbs 14:10

The heart knows its own bitterness, and a stranger does not share in its joy.

Proverbs 15:13

A merry heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

Proverbs 15:15

All the days of the afflicted are evil, but gladness of heart is a continual feast.

Proverbs 15:23

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

Proverbs 15:30

The light of the eyes rejoices the heart; a good report makes the bones fat.

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Proverbs 17:22

A merry heart does good like a medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.

Proverbs 18:14

The spirit of a man will nourish his sickness, but a wounded spirit who can bear?

Proverbs 25:11

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

Proverbs 27:9

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; so does the sweetness of one's friend by advice from the heart.

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord Jehovah has given Me the tongue of the learned, to know to help the weary with a word. He wakens morning by morning, He wakens the ear to hear as the learned.

Zechariah 1:13

And Jehovah answered the angel who talked with me with good words, comfortable words.