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Proverbs 12

Prov. 12:25 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Heaviness
d'agah (Hebrew #1674)
anxiety
KJV usage: care(-fulness), fear, heaviness, sorrow.
Pronounce: deh-aw-gaw'
Origin: from 1672
in the heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
of man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
maketh it stoop
shachah (Hebrew #7812)
to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
KJV usage: bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.
Pronounce: shaw-khaw'
Origin: a primitive root
: butv a good
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
word
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
maketh it glad
samach (Hebrew #8055)
probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
KJV usage: cheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy(-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, X very.
Pronounce: saw-makh'
Origin: a primitive root
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Prov. 15:23• 23A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth; and a word in its season, how good is it! (Prov. 15:23)

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Heaviness.
Prov. 14:10• 10The heart knoweth its own bitterness, and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy. (Prov. 14:10)
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Prov. 15:13,15,23• 13A joyful heart maketh a cheerful countenance; but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.
 15All the days of the afflicted are evil; but a cheerful heart is a continual feast.
 23A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth; and a word in its season, how good is it! (Prov. 15:13,15,23)
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Prov. 17:22• 22A joyful heart promoteth healing; but a broken spirit drieth up the bones. (Prov. 17:22)
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Prov. 18:14• 14The spirit of a man sustaineth his infirmity; but a broken spirit who can bear? (Prov. 18:14)
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Neh. 2:1‑2• 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 to the king. Now, I had never been sad in his presence.
 2And the king said to me, Why is thy face sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sadness of heart. And I was very sore afraid. (Neh. 2:1‑2)
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Psa. 38:6• 6I am depressed; I am bowed down beyond measure; I go mourning all the day. (Psa. 38:6)
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Psa. 42:11• 11Why art thou cast down, my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God; for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. (Psa. 42:11)
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Mark 14:33‑34• 33And he takes with him Peter and James and John, and he began to be amazed and oppressed in spirit.
 34And he says to them, My soul is full of grief even unto death; abide here and watch. (Mark 14:33‑34)
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Prov. 12:18• 18There is that babbleth like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health. (Prov. 12:18)
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Prov. 15:23• 23A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth; and a word in its season, how good is it! (Prov. 15:23)
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Prov. 16:24• 24Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health for the bones. (Prov. 16:24)
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Prov. 25:11• 11As apples of gold in pictures of silver, is a word spoken in season. (Prov. 25:11)
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Prov. 27:9• 9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one's friend is the fruit of hearty counsel. (Prov. 27:9)
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Isa. 50:4• 4The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of the instructed, that I should know how to succour by a word him that is weary. He wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the instructed. (Isa. 50:4)
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Zech. 1:13• 13And Jehovah answered the angel that talked with me good words, comforting words. (Zech. 1:13)
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2 Cor. 2:4‑7• 4For out of much tribulation and distress of heart I wrote to you, with many tears; not that ye may be grieved, but that ye may know the love which I have very abundantly towards you.
 5But if any one has grieved, he has grieved, not me, but in part (that I may not overcharge you ) all of you.
 6Sufficient to such a one is this rebuke which has been inflicted by the many;
 7so that on the contrary ye should rather shew grace and encourage, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with excessive grief. (2 Cor. 2:4‑7)
• “How forcible are right words,” bringing comfort, cheer and encouragement to those in grief of soul and bitterness of spirit! (“Proverbs Twelve” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop; but a good word maketh it glad.