Depression and Comfort
E. Johnson Proverbs 12:25 Heaviness in the heart of man makes it stoop: but a good word makes it glad. I. DEPRESSION IS COMMON. II. TROUBLE AFFECTS THE HEART. When we use the word "discouragement" we point to a state that is both bodily and psychical. The action of the heart is lowered, and there is less energy to act and to endure. III. THE IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF SYMPATHY. The kindly word, and all that it expresses of love and fellow feeling on the part of our friend, quickens the pulse, and restores, as by magic, the tone of the mind. - J. Parallel Verses KJV: Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad. WEB: Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.