Proverbs 12:25
“Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop,.... Either an anxious care and solicitude about living in the world, as…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714
Here is, 1. The cause and consequence of melancholy. It is heaviness in the heart; it is a load of care, and fear, and…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
In spite of grammatical anomalies, the rendering of this verse in A.V. and R.V. is to be retained.
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