Proverbs 12:25

The English Standar Version

Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.

Cross References

Psalm 38:6

I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning.

Psalm 42:11

Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.

Proverbs 12:18

There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 12:26

One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor,[2] but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

Proverbs 14:10

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

Proverbs 15:13

A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed.

Proverbs 15:15

All the days of the afflicted are evil, but the cheerful of heart has a continual feast.

Proverbs 15:23

To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is!

Proverbs 15:30

The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, and good news refreshes[3] the bones.

Proverbs 16:24

Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.

Proverbs 17:22

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Proverbs 18:14

A man's spirit will endure sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?

Proverbs 25:11

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

Proverbs 27:9

Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.[1]

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

Zechariah 1:13

And the LORD answered gracious and comforting words to the angel who talked with me.