THEOSISProverbs 12:25Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Grief in the heart of a man shall bring him low, but with a good word he shall be made glad.
דְּאָגָ֣ה בְלֶב־אִ֣ישׁ יַשְׁחֶ֑נָּה וְדָבָ֖ר ט֣וֹב יְשַׂמְּחֶֽנָּה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 16:24Well ordered words are as a honeycomb: sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
- Prov 15:13A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by grief of mind the spirit is cast down.
- Prov 17:22A joyful mind maketh age flourishing: a sorrowful spirit drieth up the bones.
- Isa 50:4The Lord hath given me a learned tongue, that I should know how to uphold by word him that is weary: he wakeneth in the morning, in the morning he wakeneth my ear, that I may hear him as a master.
- Prov 15:23A man rejoiceth in the sentence of his mouth: and a word in due time is best.
- Zech 1:13And the Lord answered the angel, that spoke in me, good words, comfortable words.
- Prov 12:18There is that promiseth, and is pricked as it were with a sword of conscience: but the tongue of the wise is health.
- Prov 27:9Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart: and the good counsels of a friend are sweet to the soul.