Parallel Verses New International Version Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up. King James Bible Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad. Darby Bible Translation Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop; but a good word maketh it glad. World English Bible Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad. Young's Literal Translation Sorrow in the heart of a man boweth down, And a good word maketh him glad. Proverbs 12:25 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleHeaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop - Sorrow of heart, hopeless love, or a sense of God's displeasure - these prostrate the man, and he becomes a child before them. But a good word maketh it glad - A single good or favorable word will remove despondency; and that word, "Son, be of good cheer, thy sins are forgiven thee," will instantly remove despair. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge heaviness Proverbs 14:10 The heart knows his own bitterness; and a stranger does not intermeddle with his joy. Proverbs 17:22 A merry heart does good like a medicine: but a broken spirit dries the bones. Proverbs 18:14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear? Psalm 38:6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. but Proverbs 16:24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. Proverbs 25:11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. Library The Many-Sided Contrast of Wisdom and Folly'Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. 2. A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn. 3. A man shall not be established by wickedness; but the root of the righteous shall not be moved. 4. A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. 5. The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit. 6. The words of the wicked are to lie … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture Of Having Confidence in God when Evil Words are Cast at Us Cross References Proverbs 12:26 The righteous choose their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them astray. Proverbs 15:13 A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit. Isaiah 50:4 The Sovereign LORD has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed. Jump to Previous Anxiety Anxious Boweth Care Cheers Glad Good Heart Heaviness Kind Makes Maketh Sorrow Stoop Weighs Weighted WordJump to Next Anxiety Anxious Boweth Care Cheers Glad Good Heart Heaviness Kind Makes Maketh Sorrow Stoop Weighs Weighted WordLinks Proverbs 12:25 NIVProverbs 12:25 NLT Proverbs 12:25 ESV Proverbs 12:25 NASB Proverbs 12:25 KJV Proverbs 12:25 Bible Apps Proverbs 12:25 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 12:25 Chinese Bible Proverbs 12:25 French Bible Proverbs 12:25 German Bible Proverbs 12:25 Commentaries THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®. Bible Hub |