Proverbs
Chapters 12:25-28
Amplified Bible
25Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but an encouraging word makes it glad. [Ps. 50:4; Prov. 15:13.]
26The [consistently] righteous man is a guide to his neighbor, but the way of the wicked causes others to go astray.
27The slothful man does not catch his game or roast it once he kills it, but the diligent man gets precious possessions.
28Life is in the way of righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation), and in its pathway there is no death but immortality (perpetual, eternal life). [John 3:36; 4:36; 8:51; 11:26; I Cor. 15:54; Gal. 6:8.]