Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Anxiety in the heart of a man will weigh him down, but a good word will cheer him.
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.
Darby Translation
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop; but a good word maketh 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.
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 ones will rule, but the lazy will belong to forced labor. 25 Anxiety in the heart of a man will weigh him down, but a good word will cheer him. 26 A righteous person will seek out his neighbor, but the way of the wicked will lead them astray.
Cross References
Proverbs 15:13
A heart of gladness will make good {countenance}, but in sorrow of heart a spirit is broken.
Proverbs 15:23
Joy [belongs] to a man with answers in his mouth, and a word in its time, how good [it is]!
Isaiah 50:4
The Lord Yahweh has given me [the] tongue of pupil, to know how to help [the] weary [with] a word. He awakens {morning by morning}, awakens an ear for me to listen as [do] the pupils.
Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant sayings [are] a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and healing to the bones.
Proverbs 17:22
A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a downcast spirit will dry out bones.
Nehemiah 2:1-2
It happened in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, I carried the wine and gave it to the king. And I had never been sad before the king.
Psalm 38:6
I am bowed down; I am bent over greatly. All the day I go about mourning.
Psalm 42:11
Why are you {in despair}, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, because I shall again praise him, {my salvation} and my God.
Proverbs 12:18
There is one who speaks rashly, like the thrust of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Proverbs 14:10
The heart knows the bitterness of its soul, but in its joy, it will not share itself with a stranger.
Proverbs 15:15
All the days of the poor [are] hard, but goodness of heart [is] a continuous feast.
Proverbs 18:14
The spirit of a man will endure his sickness, but a broken spirit, who may bear it?
Proverbs 25:11
Apples of gold in a setting of silver is a matter spoken at its proper time.
Proverbs 27:9
Perfume and incense will gladden a heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend [is] {personal advice}.
Zechariah 1:13
[With] gracious and comforting words Yahweh answered the angel who was talking with me.
Mark 14:33-34
And he took along Peter and James and John with him, and he began to be distressed and troubled.
2 Corinthians 2:4-7
For out of great distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you through many tears, not so that you may be caused to be sad, but so that you may know the love that I have especially for you.