Proverbs 12:25

WEB

²⁵Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.

KJV

²⁵Heaviness^[+] in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

BSB

²⁵Anxiety weighs down the heart of a man, but a good word cheers it up.

FBV

²⁵If you're anxious, you're weighed down, but an encouraging word will cheer you up.

Extra References

Proverbs 16:24

²⁴Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Proverbs 15:13

¹³A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but an aching heart breaks the spirit.

Proverbs 17:22

²²A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

⁴The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

Proverbs 15:23

²³Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!

Zechariah 1:13

¹³The LORD answered the angel who talked with me with kind and comforting words.

Proverbs 27:9

⁹Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.

Psalms 42:11

¹¹Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, the saving help of my countenance, and my God.

Proverbs 12:18

¹⁸There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

Proverbs 18:14

¹⁴A man’s spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?