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


In Context

22 An abomination to Jehovah are lying lips, And stedfast doers are his delight.

23 A prudent man is concealing knowledge, And the heart of fools proclaimeth folly.

24 The hand of the diligent ruleth, And slothfulness becometh tributary.

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

26 The righteous searcheth his companion, And the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

27 The slothful roasteth not his hunting, And the wealth of a diligent man is precious.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:25An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up.

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 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.