Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
but a good word cheers it up.
New American Standard Bible
But a
King James Version
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
International Standard Version
A person's anxiety weighs down his heart, but an appropriate word is encouraging.
A Conservative Version
Heaviness in the heart of a man makes it droop, but a good word makes it glad.
American Standard Version
Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop; But a good word maketh it glad.
Amplified
Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down,
But a good (encouraging) word makes it glad.
Bible in Basic English
Care in the heart of a man makes it weighted down, but a good word makes it glad.
Darby Translation
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop; but a good word maketh it glad.
Julia Smith Translation
Fear in the heart of a man will bow it down: and a good word will gladden it
King James 2000
Heaviness in the heart of man makes him stoop: but a good word makes him glad.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Anxiety in the heart of a man will weigh him down, but a good word will cheer him.
Modern King James verseion
Heaviness in the heart of man makes it stoop, but a good word makes it glad.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Heaviness discourageth the heart of man, but a good word maketh it glad again.
NET Bible
Anxiety in a person's heart weighs him down, but an encouraging word brings him joy.
New Heart English Bible
Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.
The Emphasized Bible
When anxiety is in the heart of a man, one may bow him down, but, a good word, maketh him glad.
Webster
Heaviness in the heart of man depresseth it: but a good word maketh it glad.
World English Bible
Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.
Youngs Literal Translation
Sorrow in the heart of a man boweth down, And a good word maketh him glad.
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Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
24
but laziness will lead to forced labor.
but a good word cheers it up.
but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.
Cross References
Proverbs 15:13
but a sad heart produces a broken spirit.
Proverbs 15:23
and a timely word—how good that is!
Isaiah 50:4
the tongue of those who are instructed
to know how to sustain the weary with a word.
He awakens Me each morning;
He awakens My ear to listen like those being instructed.
Proverbs 16:24
sweet to the taste
Proverbs 17:22
but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
Nehemiah 2:1-2
During the month of Nisan
Psalm 38:6
all day long I go around in mourning.
Psalm 42:11
Why this turmoil within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,
my Savior and my God.
Proverbs 12:18
like a piercing sword;
but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Proverbs 14:10
and no outsider shares in its joy.
Proverbs 15:15
but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.
Proverbs 18:14
but who can survive a broken spirit?
Proverbs 25:11
is like gold apples on a silver tray.
Proverbs 27:9
and the sweetness of a friend is better than self-counsel.
Zechariah 1:13
The Lord replied with kind and comforting words to the angel who was speaking with me.
Mark 14:33-34
He took Peter,
2 Corinthians 2:4-7
For I wrote to you with many tears out of an extremely troubled and anguished heart—not that you should be hurt, but that you should know the abundant love I have for you.