Proverbs 12:25

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:13 : 13 A glad heart makes a cheerful face; but an aching heart breaks the spirit.
  • Isa 50:4 : 4 The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary: he wakens morning by morning, he wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
  • Prov 15:23 : 23 Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!
  • Prov 16:24 : 24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
  • Prov 17:22 : 22 A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
  • Prov 14:10 : 10 The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger.
  • Ps 38:6 : 6 I am pained and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.
  • Ps 42:11 : 11 Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, the saving help of my countenance, and my God.
  • Prov 18:14 : 14 A man's spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?
  • Prov 25:11 : 11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
  • Prov 27:9 : 9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man's friend.
  • Zech 1:13 : 13 Yahweh answered the angel who talked with me with kind and comforting words.
  • Prov 15:15 : 15 All the days of the afflicted are wretched, but one who has a cheerful heart enjoys a continual feast.
  • 2 Cor 2:4-7 : 4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made sorry, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you. 5 But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all. 6 Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the many; 7 so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.
  • Neh 2:1-2 : 1 It happened 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 not been [before] sad in his presence. 2 The king said to me, "Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart." Then I was very much afraid.
  • Mark 14:33-34 : 33 He took with him Peter, James, and John, and began to be greatly troubled and distressed. 34 He said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch."

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:13
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    13 A glad heart makes a cheerful face; but an aching heart breaks the spirit.

  • Prov 17:22
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    22 A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

  • Prov 15:30
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    30 The light of the eyes rejoices the heart. Good news gives health to the bones.

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

    4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

  • Prov 14:13-14
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    76%

    13 Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may end in heaviness.

    14 The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways; likewise a good man will be rewarded for his ways.

  • Prov 15:23
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    23 Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!

  • Prov 15:15-16
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    15 All the days of the afflicted are wretched, but one who has a cheerful heart enjoys a continual feast.

    16 Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble.

  • Prov 12:24
    74%

    24 The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

  • Prov 13:12
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    12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.

  • Prov 12:14
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    14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man's hands shall be rewarded to him.

  • Prov 14:30
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    30 The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.

  • Prov 12:26
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    26 A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

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

  • Ps 112:5
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    5 It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.

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

  • Prov 16:20
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    20 He who heeds the Word finds prosperity. Whoever trusts in Yahweh is blessed.

  • Prov 12:20
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    20 Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy comes to the promoters of peace.

  • Prov 10:22
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    22 Yahweh's blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

  • Matt 12:35
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    35 The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things.

  • Prov 16:24
    71%

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

  • Prov 12:8
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    8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind shall be despised.

  • Prov 28:14
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    14 Blessed is the man who always fears; but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.

  • Eccl 2:26
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    26 For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3 The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against Yahweh.

  • Prov 28:25
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    25 One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.

  • Prov 12:2
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    2 A good man shall obtain favor from Yahweh, but he will condemn a man of wicked devices.

  • Prov 29:23
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    23 A man's pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.

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

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    11 Be glad in Yahweh, and rejoice, you righteous! Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!

  • Prov 19:22-23
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    22 That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.

    23 The fear of Yahweh leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble.

  • Eccl 5:20
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    20 For he shall not often reflect on the days of his life; because God occupies him with the joy of his heart.

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

  • Ps 119:28
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    28 My soul is weary with sorrow: strengthen me according to your word.

  • Prov 18:14
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    14 A man's spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?

  • Prov 10:1
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    1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

  • Prov 27:9
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    9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man's friend.

  • Prov 13:15
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    15 Good understanding wins favor; but the way of the unfaithful is hard.

  • Ps 4:7
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    7 You have put gladness in my heart, more than when their grain and their new wine are increased.

  • Jer 31:25
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    25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and every sorrowful soul have I replenished.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21 Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

  • Prov 23:15
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    15 My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine:

  • Eccl 11:10
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    10 Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

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