Proverbs 12:25
Heaviness in the heart of man makes it stoop: but a good word makes it glad.
Updated King James Version
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 bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
26The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduces them.
Cross References
Psalms 38:6I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
Proverbs 12:18There is that speaks like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Proverbs 15:13A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Proverbs 15:23A man has joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
Proverbs 16:24Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded 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 →