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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• 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 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• 33And he takes with him Peter and James and John, and he began to be 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.