Proverbs 12:25
If you're anxious, you're weighed down, but an encouraging word will cheer you up.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
In Context
24Hard work brings leadership, but laziness brings slavery.
26Good people look out for their friends, but the way the wicked live leads them astray.
Cross References
Psalms 38:6I am bent over, doubled up in pain. The whole day I walk around crying my eyes out.
Proverbs 12:18Some people's hasty words cut like a knife, but the words of the wise bring healing.
Proverbs 15:13If you're happy inside, you'll have a cheerful face, but if you're sad, you look crushed.
Proverbs 15:23A good answer makes people happy—it's great to say the right thing at the right moment!
Proverbs 16:24Kind words are like a honeycomb—they taste sweet and are healthy for the body.
Proverbs 18:14With a brave spirit you can put up with sickness, but if it's crushed, you can't bear it.
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 →