Proverbs 12:25
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Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.Anxiety weighs down the heart of a man, but a good word cheers it up.
In other translations
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.Anxiety weighs down the heart of a man, but a good word cheers it up.
Hebrew words
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Proverbs 16:24Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
- Proverbs 15:13A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.
- Proverbs 17:22A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
- Isaiah 50:4The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
- Proverbs 15:23A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!A man takes joy in a fitting reply— and how good is a timely word!
- Proverbs 27:9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.
- Proverbs 12:18There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
- Psalm 42:11Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
- Zechariah 1:13And the Lord answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words.So the LORD spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who was speaking with me.
- Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit?
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