Proverbs 12:25
If there be care in the heart of man, let him suppress it; and a good word will change it into joy.
Leeser Tanakh
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 will bear rule; but the indolent must become tributary.
26The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor; but the way of the wicked leadeth them astray.
Cross References
Psalms 38:6(38:7) I am bent double; I am bowed down to the utmost; all the day long I go about full of grief.
Proverbs 12:18There is some one that useth words [which are] like the thrusts of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is healing.
Proverbs 15:13A merry heart cheereth up the countenance; but when the heart feeleth pain the spirit is depressed.
Proverbs 15:23A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth; and a word [spoken] at the proper time, how good is it!
Proverbs 16:24[Like] the droppings of honey are pleasant sayings, sweet to the soul, and healing to the bones.
Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man will readily bear his disease; but a depressed 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 →