Proverbs 12:25

Anxiety weighs down the heart of a man, but a good word cheers it up.

BSB · Berean Standard Bible

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

KJV · King James Version

Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.

WEB · World English Bible

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

ASV · American Standard Version

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

Heaviness: Proverbs 14:10; Proverbs 15:13, 15, 23; Proverbs 17:22; Proverbs 18:14; Nehemiah 2:1, 2; Psalm 38:6; Psalm 42:11; Mark 14:33, 34
but: Proverbs 12:18; Proverbs 15:23; Proverbs 16:24; Proverbs 25:11; Proverbs 27:9; Isaiah 50:4; Zechariah 1:13; 2 Corinthians 2:4–7