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Proverbs 12:25

Grief in the heart of a man shall bring him low, but with a good word he shall be made glad.

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine)
Mœror in corde viri humiliabit illum, et sermone bono lætificabitur.
Septuagint (Swete)
φοβερὸς λόγος καρδίαν ταράσσει ἀνδρὸς δικαίου, ἀγγελία δὲ ἀγαθὴ εὐφραίνει αὐτόν.
Hebrew (WLC)
דְּאָגָ֣ה בְלֶב אִ֣ישׁ יַשְׁחֶ֑נָּה וְדָבָ֖ר ט֣וֹב יְשַׂמְּחֶֽנָּה

Haydock's commentary

Grief. Septuagint, "a fearful speech troubleth the heart of a (just) man." (Grabe) (Haydock)

From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.