Proverbs Chapter 12 verse 25 Holy Bible
Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop; But a good word maketh it glad.
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Care in the heart of a man makes it weighted down, but a good word makes it glad.
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Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop; but a good word maketh it glad.
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Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
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Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, But a kind word makes it glad.
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Sorrow in the heart of a man boweth down, And a good word maketh him glad.
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Proverbs 12 : 25 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 25. - Heaviness - care - in the heart of man maketh it stoop (Proverbs 15:13; Proverbs 17:22). Care brings dejection and despair; hence the Christian is bidden to beware of excessive anxiety, and not to perplex himself with solicitude for the future (Matthew 6:84; 1 Peter 5:7). A good word maketh it glad. Λύπην γὰρ εὔνους οϊδεν ἰᾶσθαι λόγος. "A word of kindness grief's keen smart can heal." Septuagint, "A word of terror disturbs the heart of a (righteous) man, but a good message will gladden him." The "word of terror" may be an unjust censure, or evil tidings. Says a Servian proverb, "Give me a comrade who will weep with me; one who will laugh I can easily find."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(25) Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop.--But, as this is not favourable to the spiritual life, we have warnings against excessive anxiety (Matthew 6:34), and exhortations to cast all our care upon God (1Peter 5:7; Psalm 37:5) as a religious duty, that trusting in Him, and so having from Him the "peace which the world cannot give," our hearts may be "set to obey" His commandments.
