Proverbs 12:25
Grief in the heart of a man shall bring him low, but with a good word he shall be made glad.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 valiant shall bear rule: but that which is slothful, shall be under tribute.
Cross References
Psalms 38:6My sores are putrified and corrupted, because of my foolishness.
Proverbs 12:18There is that promiseth, and is pricked as it were with a sword of conscience: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Proverbs 15:13A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by grief of mind the spirit is cast down.
Proverbs 15:23A man rejoiceth in the sentence of his mouth: and a word in due time is best.
Proverbs 16:24Well ordered words are as a honeycomb: sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man upholdeth his infirmity: but a spirit that is easily angered, 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 →