The Meaning of Proverbs 12:25 Explained

Proverbs 12:25

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

YLT: Sorrow in the heart of a man boweth down, And a good word maketh him glad.

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

ASV: Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop; But a good word maketh it glad.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Proverbs 12:25 Mean?

Verse Meaning

What is the "good word?" It could be any word that gives encouragement. Solomon was evidently general deliberately.

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 12

1  Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge

What do the individual words in Proverbs 12:25 mean?

Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression but a word good makes it glad
דְּאָגָ֣ה בְלֶב־ אִ֣ישׁ יַשְׁחֶ֑נָּה וְדָבָ֖ר ט֣וֹב יְשַׂמְּחֶֽנָּה

דְּאָגָ֣ה  Anxiety 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: דְּאָגָה  
Sense: anxiety, anxious care, care.
בְלֶב־  in  the  heart 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: לֵב 
Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding.
אִ֣ישׁ  of  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
יַשְׁחֶ֑נָּה  causes  depression 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: שָׁחָה  
Sense: to bow down.
וְדָבָ֖ר  but  a  word 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּבָר  
Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
ט֣וֹב  good 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: טָבַב 
Sense: good, pleasant, agreeable.
יְשַׂמְּחֶֽנָּה  makes  it  glad 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: שָׂמַח  
Sense: to rejoice, be glad.