Proverbs 12:25

Anxiety weighs down the heart of a man, but a good word cheers it up.

Cross References (17)

  • Proverbs 16:24 (32)

    Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

  • Proverbs 15:13 (29)

    A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.

  • Proverbs 17:22 (28)

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

  • Isaiah 50:4 (26)

    The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning

  • Proverbs 15:23 (23)

    A man takes joy in a fitting reply—and how good is a timely word!

  • Proverbs 27:9 (15)

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

  • Psalms 42:11 (15)

    Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior an

  • Zechariah 1:13 (15)

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

  • Proverbs 12:18 (15)

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

  • Proverbs 18:14 (12)

    The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit?

  • Proverbs 25:11 (10)

    A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

  • Proverbs 14:10 (8)

    The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares in its joy.

  • 2 Corinthians 2:4–7 (8)

    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

  • Mark 14:33–34 (8)

    He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed.

  • Psalms 38:6 (8)

    I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.

  • Nehemiah 2:1–2 (7)

    Now in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and g

  • Proverbs 15:15 (6)

    All the days of the oppressed are bad, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.