Proverbs 12:25
Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
In Context
24The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labour.
26A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
Cross References
Psalms 38:6I am in pain and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.
Proverbs 12:18There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
Proverbs 15:13A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but an aching heart breaks the spirit.
Proverbs 15:23Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!
Proverbs 16:24Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Proverbs 18:14A man’s spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed 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 →