Proverbs 12:25
King James Version (KJV)
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop; But a good word maketh it glad.
World English Bible (WEB)
Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.
Proverbs 12:25 Cross References
And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
Why 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.
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
