Proverbs 12:25

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Care in the heart of a man makes it weighted down, but a good word makes it glad.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:13 : 13 A glad heart makes a shining face, but by the sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
  • Isa 50:4 : 4 The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are experienced, so that I may be able to give the word a special sense for the feeble: every morning my ear is open to his teaching, like those who are experienced:
  • Prov 15:23 : 23 A man has joy in the answer of his mouth: and a word at the right time, how good it is!
  • Prov 16:24 : 24 Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.
  • Prov 17:22 : 22 A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.
  • Prov 14:10 : 10 No one has knowledge of a man's grief but himself; and a strange person has no part in his joy.
  • Ps 38:6 : 6 I am troubled, I am made low; I go weeping all the day.
  • Ps 42:11 : 11 Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.
  • Prov 18:14 : 14 The spirit of a man will be his support when he is ill; but how may a broken spirit be lifted up?
  • Prov 25:11 : 11 A word at the right time is like apples of gold in a network of silver.
  • Prov 27:9 : 9 Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.
  • Zech 1:13 : 13 And the Lord gave an answer in good and comforting words to the angel who was talking to me.
  • Prov 15:15 : 15 All the days of the troubled are evil; but he whose heart is glad has an unending feast.
  • 2 Cor 2:4-7 : 4 For out of much trouble and pain of heart and much weeping I sent my letter to you; not to give you sorrow, but so that you might see how great is the love which I have to you. 5 But if anyone has been a cause of sorrow, he has been so, not to me only, but in some measure to all of you (I say this that I may not be over-hard on you). 6 Let it be enough for such a man to have undergone the punishment which the church put on him; 7 So that now, on the other hand, it is right for him to have forgiveness and comfort from you, for fear that his sorrow may be over-great.
  • Neh 2:1-2 : 1 And it came about in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had never before been sad when the king was present. 2 And the king said to me, Why is your face sad, seeing that you are not ill? this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was full of fear;
  • Mark 14:33-34 : 33 And he took with him Peter and James and John, and grief and great trouble came on him. 34 And he said to them, My soul is very sad, even to death: be here a little time, and keep watch.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:13
    82%

    13 A glad heart makes a shining face, but by the sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

  • Prov 17:22
    78%

    22 A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.

  • Prov 15:30
    76%

    30 The light of the eyes is a joy to the heart, and good news makes the bones fat.

  • Eccl 7:3-4
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    3 Sorrow is better than joy; when the face is sad the mind gets better.

    4 The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.

  • Prov 14:13-14
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    76%

    13 Even while laughing the heart may be sad; and after joy comes sorrow.

    14 He whose heart is turned away will have the reward of his ways in full measure; but a good man will have the reward of his doings.

  • Prov 15:23
    75%

    23 A man has joy in the answer of his mouth: and a word at the right time, how good it is!

  • Prov 15:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15 All the days of the troubled are evil; but he whose heart is glad has an unending feast.

    16 Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble.

  • Prov 12:24
    74%

    24 The hand of the ready worker will have authority, but he who is slow in his work will be put to forced work.

  • Prov 13:12
    73%

    12 Hope put off is a weariness to the heart; but when what is desired comes, it is a tree of life.

  • Prov 12:14
    72%

    14 From the fruit of his mouth will a man have good food in full measure, and the work of a man's hands will be rewarded.

  • Prov 14:30
    72%

    30 A quiet mind is the life of the body, but envy is a disease in the bones.

  • Prov 12:26
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    26 The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.

  • Ps 104:15
    72%

    15 And wine to make glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shining, and bread giving strength to his heart.

  • Ps 112:5
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    5 All is well for the man who is kind and gives freely to others; he will make good his cause when he is judged.

  • Prov 25:20
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    20 Like one who takes off clothing in cold weather and like acid on a wound, is he who makes melody to a sad heart.

  • Prov 16:20
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    20 He who gives attention to the law of right will get good; and whoever puts his faith in the Lord is happy.

  • Prov 12:20
    71%

    20 Deceit is in the heart of those whose designs are evil, but for those purposing peace there is joy.

  • Prov 10:22
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    22 The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.

  • Matt 12:35
    71%

    35 The good man out of his good store gives good things; and the evil man out of his evil store gives evil things.

  • Prov 16:24
    71%

    24 Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.

  • Prov 12:8
    71%

    8 A man will be praised in the measure of his wisdom, but a wrong-minded man will be looked down on.

  • Prov 28:14
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    14 Happy is the man in whom is the fear of the Lord at all times; but he whose heart is hard will come into trouble.

  • Eccl 2:26
    70%

    26 To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3 By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

  • Prov 28:25
    70%

    25 He who is ever desiring profit is a cause of fighting; but he who puts his faith in the Lord will be made fat.

  • Prov 12:2
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    2 A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.

  • Prov 29:23
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    23 A man's pride will be the cause of his fall, but he who has a gentle spirit will get honour.

  • Lam 3:27
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    27 It is good for a man to undergo the yoke when he is young.

  • Ps 32:11
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    11 Be glad in the Lord with joy, you upright men; give cries of joy, all you whose hearts are true.

  • Prov 19:22-23
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    22 The ornament of a man is his mercy, and a poor man is better than one who is false.

    23 The fear of the Lord gives life: and he who has it will have need of nothing; no evil will come his way.

  • Ps 97:11
    70%

    11 Light is shining on the lovers of righteousness, and for the upright in heart there is joy.

  • Ps 119:28
    70%

    28 My soul is wasted with sorrow; give me strength again in keeping with your word

  • Prov 18:14
    70%

    14 The spirit of a man will be his support when he is ill; but how may a broken spirit be lifted up?

  • Prov 10:1
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    1 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

  • Prov 27:9
    69%

    9 Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.

  • Prov 13:15
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    15 Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.

  • Ps 4:7
    69%

    7 Lord, you have put joy in my heart, more than they have when their grain and their wine are increased.

  • Jer 31:25
    69%

    25 For I have given new strength to the tired soul and to every sorrowing soul in full measure.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21 Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.

  • Prov 23:15
    69%

    15 My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;

  • Eccl 11:10
    69%

    10 So put away trouble from your heart, and sorrow from your flesh; because the early years and the best years are to no purpose.

  • Prov 21:22
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    22 A wise man goes up into the town of the strong ones, and overcomes its strength in which they put their faith.