Proverbs 12:25
Sorrow in the heart of a man boweth down, And a good word maketh him glad.
Young's Literal Translation
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 ruleth, And slothfulness becometh tributary.
26The righteous searcheth his companion, And the way of the wicked causeth them to err.
Cross References
Psalms 38:6I have been bent down, I have been bowed down — unto excess, All the day I have gone mourning.
Proverbs 12:18A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.
Proverbs 15:13A joyful heart maketh glad the face, And by grief of heart is the spirit smitten.
Proverbs 15:23Joy [is] to a man in the answer of his mouth, And a word in its season — how good!
Proverbs 16:24Sayings of pleasantness [are] a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.
Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man sustaineth his sickness, And a smitten spirit who doth 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 →