Act now to share the love of Christ in the Middle East
The Bible
The Bible
Topics
Bible Study
Pastors
References
Bible Stories
Join
PLUS
Login
Bible
Bible Versions
NIV
Proverbs
Proverbs 12
Proverbs 12:25
Proverbs 12
Chapter
Book
Close
Loading
CURRENTLY READING
CURRENTLY READING
NIV
Change Translation
Close
Loading...
Recent Translations
Audio Available
Study Bible
CURRENT TRANSLATION
All Translations
Audio Available
Study Bible
CURRENT TRANSLATION
Proverbs 12:25
Share
Close
Share
Tweet
Save
Settings
Close
Red Letter
Cross References
Strongs Numbers
Footnotes
Verse Numbers
25
Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up.
Read Chapter
Compare
PREVIOUS
Proverbs 12:24
NEXT
Proverbs 12:26
Images for Proverbs 12:25
Proverbs 12:25 in Other Translations
KJV
25
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
ESV
25
Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.
NLT
25
Worry weighs a person down; an encouraging word cheers a person up.
MSG
25
Worry weighs us down; a cheerful word picks us up.
CSB
25
Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a good word cheers it up.
Proverbs 12:25 In-Context
23
The prudent keep their knowledge to themselves, but a fool’s heart blurts out folly.
24
Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
25
Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up.
26
The righteous choose their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
27
The lazy do not roast any game, but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.
Cross References
1
1.
Proverbs 15:13
;
Isaiah 50:4
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide.