25An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up.


In Context

22 The Lord detests lying lips, but he delights in men who are truthful.

23 A prudent man keeps his knowledge to himself, but the heart of fools blurts out folly.

24 Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

25 An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up.

26 A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

27 The lazy man does not roast his game, but the diligent man prizes his possessions.

Proverbs 12:25 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:25Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:25Grief in the heart of a man shall bring him low, but with a good word he shall be made glad.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:25Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop; But a good word maketh it glad.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:25Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop; but a good word maketh it glad.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:25Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop; but a good word maketh it glad.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:25Heaviness in the heart of man depresseth it: but a good word maketh it glad.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:25Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:25Sorrow in the heart of a man boweth down, And a good word maketh him glad.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:25Heaviness in the heart of man makes it stoop: but a good word makes it glad.