Proverbs 12:25
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Anxiety weighs down the heart of a man, but a good word cheers it up.

Young's Literal Translation
Sorrow in the heart of a man boweth down, And a good word maketh him glad.

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

Hebrew
Anxiety
דְּאָגָ֣ה (də·’ā·ḡāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1674: Anxiety, anxious care

weighs down
יַשְׁחֶ֑נָּה (yaš·ḥen·nāh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 7812: To depress, prostrate

the heart
בְלֶב־ (ḇə·leḇ-)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

of a man,
אִ֣ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

but a good
ט֣וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

word
וְדָבָ֖ר (wə·ḏā·ḇār)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

cheers it up.
יְשַׂמְּחֶֽנָּה׃ (yə·śam·mə·ḥen·nāh)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 8055: To brighten up, be, blithe, gleesome

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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