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Proverbs 12:25

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Proverbs 12:25

Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.

Proverbs 12:25

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In context

The verses immediately either side, within Proverbs 12.

Before

²⁴The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labour.

Proverbs 12:25

Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.

After

²⁶A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

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