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Proverbs 14:30
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A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot.
A sounde heart is the life of the flesh: but enuie is the rotting of the bones.
A tranquil heart is life to the body,but jealousy is rottenness to the bones.
The life of the body is a heart at shalom, But envy rots the bones.
Peace of mind makes the body healthy, but jealousy is like a cancer.
A calm and peaceful and tranquil heart is life and health to the body, But passion and envy are like rottenness to the bones.
A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; But envy is the rottenness of the bones.
It's healthy to be content, but envy can eat you up.
A tranquil mind gives health to the body, but envy rots the bones.
A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; but envy is the rottenness of the bones.
A sound heart, is the life of the flesh: but enuie, the rottennesse of the bones.
A meek-spirited man is a healer of the heart: but a sensitive heart is a corruption of the bones.
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy is the rottenness of the bones.
A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
A heart of tranquility is life to the flesh, but causes bones of passion to rot.
A healthy heart is the life of the flesh, but envy is the rottenness of the bones.
Peace of mind means a healthy body, but jealousy will rot your bones.
A tranquil spirit revives the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones.
A sound heart is life to the body, But envy is rottenness to the bones.
A heart that has peace is life to the body, but wrong desires are like the wasting away of the bones.
The life of the whole body, is a tranquil mind, but, a decay of the bones, is jealousy.
Soundness of heart is the life of the flesh: but envy is the rottenness of the bones.
He who cools down his anger is a healer of his own heart; but wrath is the rottenness of the bones.
Peace of mind makes the body healthy, but jealousy is like a cancer.
A tranquil heart is life to the body, But jealousy is rottenness to the bones.
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
A mery heart is the lyfe of the body: but enuie consumeth away the bones.
A tranquil mind gives life to the flesh, but passion makes the bones rot.
A sound heart is the life of the flesh; but envy the rottenness of the bones.
Helthe of herte is the lijf of fleischis; enuye is rot of boonys.
A healed heart [is] life to the flesh, And rottenness to the bones [is] envy.
The life of the body is a heart at peace, But envy rots the bones.
A tranquil mind gives life to the flesh, but passion makes the bones rot.
A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; But envy is the rottenness of the bones.
A sound heart [is] the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
A quiet mind is the life of the body, but envy is a disease in the bones.
A mery herte is the life of the body, but rancoure consumeth awaye the bones.
A sound mind makes for a robust body, but runaway emotions corrode the bones.
A tranquil heart is life to the body, But passion is rottenness to the bones.
A tranquil heart is life to the body,But jealousy is rottenness to the bones.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
sound: Proverbs 4:23, Psalms 119:80, 2 Timothy 1:7
envy: Job 5:2, Psalms 112:10, Acts 7:9, Romans 1:29, James 4:5
rottenness: Proverbs 3:8, Proverbs 12:4, Proverbs 17:22
Reciprocal: Genesis 30:1 - Rachel envied Genesis 31:1 - Jacob 1 Kings 21:6 - Because Proverbs 27:4 - but Acts 5:17 - indignation Acts 17:5 - moved James 3:14 - if 1 Peter 2:1 - envies
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A sound heart [is] the life of the flesh,.... A heart made so by the grace of God, in which are sound principles of truth, righteousness, and holiness; these preserve from sin, and so from many diseases; whereby the life of the flesh or body is kept safe and sound, or that is kept in health and vigour; or a "quiet heart" h; a heart free from wrath, anger, and envy, and such like passions and perturbations; this contributes much to the health of the body, and the comfort of life: or a "healing heart", or "spirit" i; that is humane, kind, and friendly; that pities and heals the distresses of others, and makes up differences between persons at variance: such an one is "the life of fleshes" k, as in the original text; or of men, of the same flesh and blood; the life of others, as well as of his own flesh; such an one contributes to the comfortable living of others as well as of himself;
but envy the rottenness of the bones; a man that envies the happiness and prosperity of others, this preys upon his own spirits, and not only wastes his flesh, but weakens and consumes the stronger parts of his body, the bones; it is as a "moth" within him, as the Arabic version: the Targum is,
"as rottenness in wood, so is envy in the bones;''
hence Ovid l calls it "livor edax", and so Martial m.
h לב מרפא "cor leve", Baynus; "cor lene", Mercerus; "cor lenitatis", Gejerus, so Ben Melech. i "Animus sanans", Junius Tremellius, so the Tigurine version "sanator", Gussetius, p. 800. k חיי בשרים "vitae carnium", Montanus; "vita carnium", V. L. Pagninus, Michaelis. l Amorum, l. 1. Eleg. 15. v. 1. & de Remed. Amor. l. 1. in fine. m Epigr. l. 11. Ep. 21.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Sound heart - literally, “heart of health,” that in which all emotions and appetites are in a healthy equilibrium. The contrast with this is the envy which eats, like a consuming disease, into the very bones and marrow of a man’s moral life.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 14:30. A sound heart is the life of the flesh — A healthy state of the blood, and a proper circulation of that stream of life, is the grand cause, in the hand of God, of health and longevity. If the heart be diseased, life cannot be long continued.
