Proverbs 12:25
Heauines in the heart of man doeth bring it downe: but a good worde reioyceth it.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 shall beare rule: but the idle shalbe vnder tribute.
26The righteous is more excellent then his neighbour: but the way of the wicked will deceiue them.
Cross References
Psalms 38:6I am bowed, and crooked very sore: I goe mourning all the day.
Proverbs 12:18There is that speaketh wordes like the prickings of a sworde: but the tongue of wise men is health.
Proverbs 15:13A ioyfull heart maketh a chearefull countenance: but by the sorow of the heart the minde is heauie.
Proverbs 15:23A ioy commeth to a man by the answere of his mouth: and how good is a word in due season?
Proverbs 16:24Faire wordes are as an hony combe, sweetenesse to the soule, and health to the bones.
Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man will susteine his infirmitie: but a wounded spirit who can beare 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 →