25 Anxiety in the heart* of a man will weigh him down, but a good word will cheer him.
Proverbs 12:25 Cross References - LEB
Nehemiah 2:1-2
1 It happened in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, I carried the wine and gave it to the king. And I had never been sad before the king.
2 So the king said to me, "Why is your face sad since you are not sick? This is nothing but sadness of the heart." And I was very much afraid.
Psalms 38:6
6 I am bowed down; I am bent over greatly. All the day I go about mourning.
Psalms 42:11
11 Why are you ⌊in despair⌋,* O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, because I shall again praise him, ⌊my salvation⌋* and my God.
Proverbs 12:18
18 There is one who speaks rashly, like the thrust of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Proverbs 14:10
10 The heart* knows the bitterness of its soul,* but in its joy, it will not share itself with a stranger.
Proverbs 15:13
Proverbs 15:15
15 All the days of the poor are hard, but goodness of heart* is a continuous feast.
Proverbs 15:23
23 Joy belongs to a man with answers in his mouth, and a word in its time, how good it is!
Proverbs 16:24
24 Pleasant sayings are a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and healing to the bones.
Proverbs 17:22
22 A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a downcast spirit will dry out bones.
Proverbs 18:14
14 The spirit of a man will endure his sickness, but a broken spirit, who may bear it?
Proverbs 25:11
11 Apples of gold in a setting of silver is a matter spoken at* its proper time.
Proverbs 27:9
9 Perfume and incense will gladden a heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend is ⌊personal advice⌋.*
Isaiah 50:4
4 The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of a pupil, to know how to help the weary with a word. He awakens ⌊morning by morning⌋,* awakens an ear for me to listen as do the pupils.
Zechariah 1:13
13 With gracious* and comforting words Yahweh answered the angel who was talking with me.
Mark 14:33-34
2 Corinthians 2:4-7
4 For out of great distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you through many tears, not so that you may be caused to be sad, but so that you may know the love that I have especially for you.
5 But if anyone has caused sorrow, he has not caused me sorrow, but ⌊to some degree⌋*—⌊in order not to say too much⌋*—to all of you.
6 This punishment by the majority is sufficient for such a person.
7 So then, you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest somehow this person should be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.