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Proverbs 12:25

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25Anxiety weighs down the human heart,

but a good word cheers it up.*

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Cross references

  1. *Prov 15:13; Isa 50:4

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down,

but a good word makes him glad.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Anxiety weighs down the heart,

but a kind word cheers it up.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Anxiety in a person’s heart weighs it down,

but a good word cheers it up.

NLTNew Living Translation

Worry weighs a person down;

an encouraging word cheers a person up.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Anxiety in the heart of a man will weigh him down,

but a good word will cheer him.

KJV 1900King James Version

Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop:

But a good word maketh it glad.