Proverbs 12:25

Proverbs chapter 12 · verse 25 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop; But a good word maketh it glad.

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop; But a good word maketh it glad.

v.24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.

v.25This passage

v.26The righteous is a guide to his neighbor; But the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Proverbs 25:11
A word fitly spoken Islikeapples of gold in network of silver.
Proverbs 14:10
The heart knoweth its own bitterness; And a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.
Proverbs 15:13
A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance; But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.
Zechariah 1:13
And Jehovah answered the angel that talked with me with good words, even comfortable words.
2 Corinthians 2:4
For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
Proverbs 27:9
Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend that cometh of hearty counsel.