Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop; but a good word maketh it glad.
New American Standard Bible
But a
King James Version
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
Holman Bible
but a good word cheers it up.
International Standard Version
A person's anxiety weighs down his heart, but an appropriate word is encouraging.
A Conservative Version
Heaviness in the heart of a man makes it droop, but a good word makes it glad.
American Standard Version
Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop; But a good word maketh it glad.
Amplified
Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down,
But a good (encouraging) word makes it glad.
Bible in Basic English
Care in the heart of a man makes it weighted down, but a good word makes it glad.
Julia Smith Translation
Fear in the heart of a man will bow it down: and a good word will gladden it
King James 2000
Heaviness in the heart of man makes him stoop: but a good word makes him glad.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Anxiety in the heart of a man will weigh him down, but a good word will cheer him.
Modern King James verseion
Heaviness in the heart of man makes it stoop, but a good word makes it glad.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Heaviness discourageth the heart of man, but a good word maketh it glad again.
NET Bible
Anxiety in a person's heart weighs him down, but an encouraging word brings him joy.
New Heart English Bible
Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.
The Emphasized Bible
When anxiety is in the heart of a man, one may bow him down, but, a good word, maketh him glad.
Webster
Heaviness in the heart of man depresseth it: but a good word maketh it glad.
World English Bible
Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.
Youngs Literal Translation
Sorrow in the heart of a man boweth down, And a good word maketh him glad.
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Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; but the slothful hand shall be under tribute. 25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop; but a good word maketh it glad. 26 The righteous guideth his neighbour; but the way of the wicked misleadeth them.
Cross References
Proverbs 15:13
A joyful heart maketh a cheerful countenance; but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.
Proverbs 15:23
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth; and a word in its season, how good is it!
Isaiah 50:4
The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of the instructed, that I should know how to succour by a word him that is weary. He wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the instructed.
Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health for the bones.
Proverbs 17:22
A joyful heart promoteth healing; but a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
Nehemiah 2:1-2
And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him, and I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now, I had never been sad in his presence.
Psalm 38:6
I am depressed; I am bowed down beyond measure; I go mourning all the day.
Psalm 42:11
Why art thou cast down, my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God; for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Proverbs 12:18
There is that babbleth like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health.
Proverbs 14:10
The heart knoweth its own bitterness, and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.
Proverbs 15:15
All the days of the afflicted are evil; but a cheerful heart is a continual feast.
Proverbs 18:14
The spirit of a man sustaineth his infirmity; but a broken spirit who can bear?
Proverbs 25:11
As apples of gold in pictures of silver, is a word spoken in season.
Proverbs 27:9
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one's friend is the fruit of hearty counsel.
Zechariah 1:13
And Jehovah answered the angel that talked with me good words, comforting words.
Mark 14:33-34
And he takes with him Peter and James and John, and he began to be amazed and oppressed in spirit.
2 Corinthians 2:4-7
For out of much tribulation and distress of heart I wrote to you, with many tears; not that ye may be grieved, but that ye may know the love which I have very abundantly towards you.