Proverbs 12 · Verse 25

Proverbs 12:25

Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
Proverbs 12:25, King James Version

Proverbs 12:25 in other translations

BSBAnxiety weighs down the heart of a man, but a good word cheers it up.
WEBAnxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.
ASVHeaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop; But a good word maketh it glad.
YLTSorrow in the heart of a man boweth down, And a good word maketh him glad.
DARBYHeaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop; but a good word maketh it glad.
BBECare in the heart of a man makes it weighted down, but a good word makes it glad.
WebsterHeaviness in the heart of man depresseth it: but a good word maketh it glad.

What does Proverbs 12:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
25. a good word--one of comfort.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop - Sorrow of heart, hopeless love, or a sense of God's displeasure - these prostrate the man, and he becomes a child before them. But a good word maketh it glad - A single good or favorable word will remove despondency; and that word, "Son, be of good cheer, thy sins are forgiven thee," will instantly remove despair.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Care, fear, and sorrow, upon the spirits, deprive men of vigour in what is to be done, or courage in what is to be borne. A good word from God, applied by faith, makes the heart glad.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 12:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

דְּאָגָ֣הde.'a.GahanxietyH1674
בְלֶב\־ve.lev-in [the] heart ofH3820
אִ֣ישׁ'isha personH376
יַשְׁחֶ֑נָּהyash.Che.nahit bows down itH7812
וְדָבָ֖רve.da.Varand a wordH1697
ט֣וֹבTovgoodH2896
יְשַׂמְּחֶֽנָּה\׃ye.sam.me.Che.nahit makes glad itH8055

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 12:25

  • Proverbs 16:24

    Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

  • Proverbs 15:13

    A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

  • Proverbs 17:22

    A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

  • Isaiah 50:4

    The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.

  • Proverbs 15:23

    A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!

  • Proverbs 12:18

    There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

  • Zechariah 1:13

    And the Lord answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words.

  • Proverbs 27:9

    Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.

  • Psalms 42:11

    Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

  • Proverbs 18:14

    The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

  • Proverbs 25:11

    A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

  • Proverbs 14:10

    The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Heaviness.
14:10; 15:13,15,23; 17:22; 18:14; Ne 2:1,2; Ps 38:6; 42:11
Mr 14:33,34
but.
18; 15:23; 16:24; 25:11; 27:9; Isa 50:4; Zec 1:13; 2Co 2:4-7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 12:24

    The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

  • Proverbs 12:25

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

  • Proverbs 12:26

    The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

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Proverbs 12:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		El cuidado congojoso en el corazón del hombre, lo abate; mas la buena palabra lo alegra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		L’inquiétude dans le cœur d’un homme l’abat, mais une bonne parole le réjouit.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Kummer im Herzen des Mannes beugt es nieder, aber ein gutes Wort erfreut es.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Mœror in corde viri humiliabit illum, et sermone bono lætificabitur.