Focused Passage

Proverbs 12:25

Discipline, Truthful Speech, Diligence, and the Stable Root of the Righteous

The chapter moves through moral contrasts around discipline, stability, household life, prudence, work, speech, counsel, truth, peace, diligence, anxiety, friendship, and the life-giving path of righteousness.

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25Anxiety weighs down the heart of a man, but a good word cheers it up.

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Verse 25

Original words

Anxietyדְּאָגָ֣הH1674Noun - feminine singularweighs downיַשְׁחֶ֑נָּהH7812Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singularthe heartבְלֶב־H3820Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructof a manאִ֣ישׁH376Noun - masculine singularbut a goodט֣וֹבH2896Adjective - masculine singularwordוְדָבָ֖רH1697Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularcheers it upיְשַׂמְּחֶֽנָּה׃H8055Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular

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