Proverbs 12:25
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
*Heauinesse in the heart of man maketh it stoope: but a good word maketh it glad.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-referenceChap.15.13.
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- Proverbs 16:24Rank 1 from verse 25
- Proverbs 15:13Rank 2 from verse 25
- Proverbs 17:22Rank 3 from verse 25
- Isaiah 50:4Rank 4 from verse 25
4The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
4*The LORD God hath giuen me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speake a worde in season to him that is wearie: hee wakeneth morning by morning, hee wakeneth mine eare to heare as the learned.
- Proverbs 15:23Rank 5 from verse 25
- Proverbs 12:18Rank 6 from verse 25
- Proverbs 27:9Rank 7 from verse 25
- Psalms 42:11Rank 8 from verse 25
11Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
11Why art thou cast downe, O my soule? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
- Zechariah 1:13Rank 9 from verse 25
- Proverbs 18:14Rank 10 from verse 25
- Proverbs 25:11Rank 11 from verse 25
- 2 Corinthians 2:4–7Rank 12 from verse 25
4For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
5But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.
6Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.
7So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
4For out of much affliction and anguish of heart, I wrote vnto you with many teares, not that you should bee grieued, but that yee might knowe the loue which I haue more abundantly vnto you.
5But if any haue caused griefe, hee hath not grieued mee, but in part: that I may not ouercharge you all.
6Sufficient to such a man is this ‖punishment, which was inflicted of many.
7So that contrarywise, yee ought rather to forgiue him, and comfort him, lest perhaps, such a one should be swallowed vp with ouermuch sorrow.
- Mark 14:33–34Rank 13 from verse 25
33And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;
34And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.
33And hee taketh with him Peter, and Iames, and Iohn, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heauy,
34And saith vnto them, My soule is exceeding sorowful vnto death: tarie ye here, and watch.
- Proverbs 14:10Rank 14 from verse 25
- Psalms 38:6Rank 15 from verse 25
- Nehemiah 2:1–2Rank 16 from verse 25
1AND it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.
2Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
1¶ And it came to passe, in the moneth Nisan, in the twentieth yeere of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I tooke vp the wine, and gaue it vnto the King: now I had not bene beforetime sad in his presence.
2Wherefore the king said vnto me, Why is thy countenance sadde, seeing thou art not sicke? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
- Proverbs 15:15Rank 17 from verse 25
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Proverbs 12:25
Sorrow, grief, mourning, distress, or burden of heart.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.
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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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Third-person singular present form of make (to form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition).
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Sense 1: To bend or bow downward. Sense 2: Figuratively, to sink, submit, or be humbled.
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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.
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Sense 1: A spoken or written expression, saying, message, command, promise, report, or matter. Sense 2: God's revealed word.
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Pleased; affected with pleasure or moderate joy; moderately happy.
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24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
24*‖The hand of the diligent shall beare rule: but the slouthfull shall bee vnder tribute.
25Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
25*Heauinesse in the heart of man maketh it stoope: but a good word maketh it glad.
Selected passage26The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
26‖The righteous is more excellent then his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.