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

Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down,
But a good word makes it glad.

King James Version

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

Holman 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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
דּאגה 
D@'agah 
Usage: 6

of man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

שׁחה 
Shachah 
Usage: 171

דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1438

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.

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