Proverbs 12:25
Anxiety weighs down the heart of a man, but a good word cheers it up.
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heaviness

Proverbs 14:10
The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares in its joy.

Proverbs 15:13, 15, 23
A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit. . . .

Proverbs 17:22
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

Proverbs 18:14
The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit?

Nehemiah 2:1, 2
Now in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence, . . .

Psalm 38:6
I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.

Psalm 42:11
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

Mark 14:33, 34
He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed. . . .

but

Proverbs 12:18
Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 15:23
A man takes joy in a fitting reply, and how good is a timely word!

Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

Proverbs 25:11
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

Proverbs 27:9
Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.

Isaiah 50:4
The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.

Zechariah 1:13
So the LORD spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who was speaking with me.

2 Corinthians 2:4-7
For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you. . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, But a good word makes it glad.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a good word cheers it up.

International Standard Version
A person's anxiety weighs down his heart, but an appropriate word is encouraging.

NET Bible
Anxiety in a person's heart weighs him down, but an encouraging word brings him joy.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
A fearful word troubles the heart of a man and a good word gladdens it.
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