Matthew Henry · Verse 25
Care, fear, and sorrow, upon the spirits, deprive men of vigour in what is to be done, or courage in what is to be borne. A good word from God, applied by faith, makes the heart glad.
Proverbs 12:25
Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.
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WEBBE
Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.
BSB
Anxiety weighs down the heart of a man, but a good word cheers it up.
KJV
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
ASV
Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop; But a good word maketh it glad.
BBE
Care in the heart of a man makes it weighted down, but a good word makes it glad.
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