Proverbs 12:25

New American Bible - revised edition

Worry weighs down the heart, but a kind word gives it joy.

Cross References

Psalm 38:6

Foul and festering are my sores because of my folly.

Psalm 42:11

It shatters my bones, when my adversaries reproach me, when they say to me every day: “Where is your God?”

Proverbs 12:18

The babble of some people is like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise is healing.

Proverbs 12:26

The just act as guides to their neighbors, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

Proverbs 14:10

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

Proverbs 15:13

A glad heart lights up the face, but an anguished heart breaks the spirit.

Proverbs 15:15

All the days of the poor are evil, but a good heart is a continual feast.

Proverbs 15:23

One has joy from an apt response; a word in season, how good it is!

Proverbs 15:30

A cheerful glance brings joy to the heart; good news invigorates the bones.

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasing words are a honeycomb, sweet to the taste and invigorating to the bones.

Proverbs 17:22

A joyful heart is the health of the body, but a depressed spirit dries up the bones.

Proverbs 18:14

One’s spirit supports one when ill, but a broken spirit who can bear?

Proverbs 25:11

Golden apples in silver settings are words spoken at the proper time.

Proverbs 27:9

Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, but by grief the soul is torn asunder.

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord God has given me a well-trained tongue, That I might know how to answer the weary a word that will waken them. Morning after morning he wakens my ear to hear as disciples do;

Zechariah 1:13

To the angel who spoke with me, the Lord replied favorably, with comforting words. Oracular Response.