Proverbs 12:25
Heaviness in the heart of a man makes it droop, but a good word makes it glad.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
In Context
24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule, but the slothful shall be put under task work.
26A righteous man is a guide to his neighbor, but the way of the wicked causes them to err.
Cross References
Psalms 38:6I am pained and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all the day long.
Proverbs 12:18There is he who speaks rashly like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is health.
Proverbs 15:13A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.
Proverbs 15:23A man has joy in the answer of his mouth, and a word in due season, how good it is!
Proverbs 16:24Pleasant words are a honeycomb: Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity, but a broken spirit who can bear?
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:25
24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. Note, 1. Industry is the way to preferment. Solomon advanced Jeroboam because he saw that he was an industrious young man, and minded his business, 1 Kings xi. 28 . Men that take pains in study and serviceableness will thereby gain such an interest and reputation as will give them a dominion over all about them, by which means many have risen strangely. He that has been faithful in a few things shall be made ruler over many… Read the whole commentary →