Proverbs 12:25

KJV1611 – Modern English

Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a good word makes it glad.

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  • Prov 15:13 : 13 A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
  • Isa 50:4 : 4 The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as the learned.
  • Prov 15:23 : 23 A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, and a word spoken in due season, how good it is!
  • Prov 16:24 : 24 Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and health to the bones.
  • Prov 17:22 : 22 A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 There are those who speak like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
  • Prov 14:10 : 10 The heart knows its own bitterness, and a stranger does not share its joy.
  • Ps 38:6 : 6 I am troubled; I am greatly bowed down; I go mourning all the day long.
  • Ps 42:11 : 11 Why are you cast down, O my soul? and why are you disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise Him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
  • Prov 18:14 : 14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
  • Prov 25:11 : 11 A word spoken at the right time is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
  • Prov 27:9 : 9 Ointment and perfume make the heart rejoice; so does the sweetness of a man's friend through earnest counsel.
  • Zech 1:13 : 13 And the LORD answered the angel who talked with me with good and comforting words.
  • Prov 15:15 : 15 All the days of the afflicted are evil, but he who has a merry heart has a continual feast.
  • 2 Cor 2:4-7 : 4 For out of much trouble and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not that you should be grieved, but that you might know the love I have more abundantly toward you. 5 But if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me, but in part, that I may not put too much burden on you all. 6 The punishment inflicted by many is sufficient for such a person. 7 So, on the contrary, you ought rather to forgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up with excessive sorrow.
  • Neh 2:1-2 : 1 And it came to pass in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, that wine was before him, and I took the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence previously. 2 Therefore the king said to me, Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much afraid,
  • Mark 14:33-34 : 33 And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be distressed and deeply troubled. 34 And he said to them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even unto death; stay here and watch.

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  • Prov 15:13
    82%

    13A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

  • Prov 17:22
    78%

    22A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.

  • Prov 15:30
    76%

    30The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, and a good report makes the bones healthy.

  • Eccl 7:3-4
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    3Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the face the heart is made better.

    4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of laughter.

  • Prov 14:13-14
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    76%

    13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

    14The backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways, but a good man will be satisfied from himself.

  • Prov 15:23
    75%

    23A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, and a word spoken in due season, how good it is!

  • Prov 15:15-16
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    15All the days of the afflicted are evil, but he who has a merry heart has a continual feast.

    16Better is a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with trouble.

  • Prov 12:24
    74%

    24The hand of the diligent will rule, but the lazy will be put to forced labor.

  • Prov 13:12
    73%

    12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.

  • Prov 12:14
    72%

    14A man will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth, and the recompense of a man's hands will be rendered to him.

  • Prov 14:30
    72%

    30A sound heart is life to the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones.

  • Prov 12:26
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    26The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Ps 104:15
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    15And wine that makes glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shine, and bread which strengthens man's heart.

  • Ps 112:5
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    5A good man shows favor and lends; he will guide his affairs with discretion.

  • Prov 25:20
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    20Like one who takes away a garment in cold weather, and like vinegar on soda, is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

  • Prov 16:20
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    20He who deals wisely in a matter will find good, and whoever trusts in the LORD, happy is he.

  • Prov 12:20
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    20Deceit is in the heart of those who imagine evil, but to the counselors of peace there is joy.

  • Prov 10:22
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    22The blessing of the LORD makes rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.

  • Matt 12:35
    71%

    35A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.

  • Prov 16:24
    71%

    24Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and health to the bones.

  • Prov 12:8
    71%

    8A man is commended according to his wisdom, but he who is of a perverse heart will be despised.

  • Prov 28:14
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    14Happy is the man who always fears, but he who hardens his heart will fall into mischief.

  • Eccl 2:26
    70%

    26For God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to the man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and collecting, only to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • Prov 28:25
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    25He who is of a proud heart stirs up strife, but he who puts his trust in the LORD shall be made prosperous.

  • Prov 12:2
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    2A good man obtains favor from the LORD, but a man of wicked plans will He condemn.

  • Prov 29:23
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    23A man's pride will bring him low; but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.

  • Lam 3:27
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    27It is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth.

  • Ps 32:11
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    11Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, you righteous; shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart.

  • Prov 19:22-23
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    22The desire of a man is his kindness, and a poor man is better than a liar.

    23The fear of the LORD leads to life, and he who has it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

  • Eccl 5:20
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    20For he will not much remember the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.

  • Ps 97:11
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    11Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

  • Ps 119:28
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    28My soul melts from heaviness; strengthen me according to Your word.

  • Prov 18:14
    70%

    14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

  • Prov 10:1
    70%

    1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

  • Prov 27:9
    69%

    9Ointment and perfume make the heart rejoice; so does the sweetness of a man's friend through earnest counsel.

  • Prov 13:15
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    15Good understanding gives favor, but the way of transgressors is hard.

  • Ps 4:7
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    7You have put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their grain and their wine increased.

  • Jer 31:25
    69%

    25For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21Folly is joy to him who is destitute of wisdom, but a man of understanding walks uprightly.

  • Prov 23:15
    69%

    15My son, if your heart is wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

  • Eccl 11:10
    69%

    10Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh, for childhood and youth are vanity.

  • Prov 21:22
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    22A wise man scales the city of the mighty and casts down the strength of its confidence.