Proverbs 12:25
דְּאָגָה בְלֶב ־ אִישׁ יַשְׁחֶנָּה וְדָבָר טוֹב יְשַׂמְּחֶֽנָּה ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
In Context
24יַד ־ חָרוּצִים תִּמְשׁוֹל וּרְמִיָּה תִּהְיֶה לָמַֽס ׃
26יָתֵר מֵרֵעֵהוּ צַדִּיק וְדֶרֶךְ רְשָׁעִים תַּתְעֵֽם ׃
Cross References
Psalms 38:6הִבְאִישׁוּ נָמַקּוּ חַבּוּרֹתָי מִפְּנֵי אִוַּלְתִּֽי ׃
Proverbs 12:18יֵשׁ בּוֹטֶה כְּמַדְקְרוֹת חָרֶב וּלְשׁוֹן חֲכָמִים מַרְפֵּֽא ׃
Proverbs 15:13לֵב שָׂמֵחַ יֵיטִב פָּנִים וּבְעַצְּבַת ־ לֵב רוּחַ נְכֵאָֽה ׃
Proverbs 15:23שִׂמְחָה לָאִישׁ בְּמַעֲנֵה ־ פִיו וְדָבָר בְּעִתּוֹ מַה ־ טּֽוֹב ׃
Proverbs 16:24צוּף ־ דְּבַשׁ אִמְרֵי ־ נֹעַם מָתוֹק לַנֶּפֶשׁ וּמַרְפֵּא לָעָֽצֶם ׃
Proverbs 18:14רֽוּחַ ־ אִישׁ יְכַלְכֵּל מַחֲלֵהוּ וְרוּחַ נְכֵאָה מִי יִשָּׂאֶֽנָּה ׃
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 →