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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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Heaviness.
Prov. 14:10• 10The heart knoweth its own bitterness,{HR}And a stranger intermeddleth not with its joy. (Prov. 14:10)
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Prov. 15:13,15,23• 13A joyful heart maketh a cheerful countenance;{HR}But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.
15All the days of the afflicted [are] evil;{HR}But a cheerful heart [hath] a continual feast.
23A man hath joy in the answer of his mouth,{HR}And a word in season, how good it is!
(Prov. 15:13,15,23)
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Prov. 17:22• 22A joyful heart causeth good healing;{HR}But a broken spirit drieth up the bones. (Prov. 17:22)
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Prov. 18:14• 14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity;{HR}But a wounded spirit who can bear? (Prov. 18:14)
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Neh. 2:1‑2• 1{i}And 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.{/i}
2{i}And 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.{/i}
(Neh. 2:1‑2)
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Psa. 38:6• 6I have been bowed down,{HR}I have been brought low to the utmost,{HR}All the day have I walked mourning. (Psa. 38:6)
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Psa. 42:11• 11Why art thou cast down,{HR}[O] my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me?{HR}Wait thou for God, for I shall yet praise him,{HR}The help of my countenance and my God. (Psa. 42:11)
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Mark 14:33‑34• 33{i}And he takes with him Peter and James and John, and he began to be{/i} amazed and deeply depressed.
34And he says to them, My soul is full of grief even unto death; tarry here and watch.
(Mark 14:33‑34)
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 “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.

W. Kelly Translation

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Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop;{HR}But a good word maketh it glad.