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Anxietyדְּאָגָהin the heartבְלֶבof a manאִישׁweighs it down,יַשְׁחֶנָּהbut a goodטוֹבwordוְדָבָרmakes it glad.יְשַׂמְּחֶנָּה
Proverbs 12:25
Study it in the app“Anxiety in the heart of a man weighs it down, but a good word makes it glad.”
Worry weighs down the heart, but a good word makes it gladThe TongueAnxiety weighs the heart down, but a good word makes it gladPeace and Anxiety
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 12:25, word by word
- Anxietyדְּאָגָהdeaga
anxiety
Anxiety, worry about what may happen.
Where else “deaga” appears- in the heartלֶבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- of a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- weighs it downיַשְׁחֶyashche
sink
To make one's spirit come down, like a weight.
Where else “yashche” appears- but a goodטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- wordדָבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- makes it gladיְשַׂמְּחֶyesamche
gladden
To make someone feel glad and cheered.
Where else “yesamche” appears
The context
24The hand of the diligent will rule, but slackness will be for forced labor.
25 · This verse (above)
26The righteous guides his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.