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Proverbs 12:25

Proverbs 12:25

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

3. Depression and comfort

I. DEPRESSION IS COMMON.

II. TROUBLE AFFECTS THE HEART. When we use the word "discouragement" we point to a state that is both bodily and psychical. The action of the heart is lowered, and there is less energy to act and to endure.

III. THE IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF SYMPATHY. The kindly word, and all that it expresses of love and fellow feeling on the part of our friend, quickens the pulse, and restores, as by magic, the tone of the mind.—J.

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