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Proverbs 12:25
Heaviness in the heart of man depresseth it: but a good word maketh it glad.
Proverbs 12:25 · Webster Bible
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Proverbs 12:25 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.
Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.
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In context
22 Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly [are] his delight.
23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
25 Heaviness in the heart of man depresseth it: but a good word maketh it glad.
26 The righteous [is] more excellent than his neighbor: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
27 The slothful [man] roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious.
28 In the way of righteousness [is] life; and [in] the path [of it there is] no death.
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