Proverbs 12:25
Anxiety in the lev ish causeth depression, 1 but a davar tov cheers it up. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 38:6My chaburot (wounds) are foul and festering 1 because of my wicked folly. 1
Proverbs 12:18There is one who speaketh rash words like the wounding of a cherev, 1 but the lashon of the chachamim promotes marpeh (healing). 1
Proverbs 15:13A lev same'ach maketh a cheerful countenance, 1 but by sorrow of the lev the ruach is broken. 1
Proverbs 15:23An ish hath simchah in the apt reply of his peh (mouth), 1 and a timely davar, mah tov (how good!) 1
Proverbs 16:24Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, 1 sweet to the nefesh, and marpeh (healing) to the atzmot (bones). 1
Proverbs 18:14The ruach ish will sustain him in sickness, 1 but a crushed ruach who can bear? 1
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 →