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Proverbs 14:30
30If you have peace in your mind, your body will be healthy. But if you are jealous, it will eat away your body.
Proverbs 14:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
- New International Version (NIV)A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
- English Standard Version (ESV)A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A sound heart is life to the body, But envy is rottenness to the bones.
Context of Proverbs 14:30
28A king who rules many people will receive great honour. But a ruler with only a few people will have nothing in the end. 29A patient man shows that he understands what is right. But someone who quickly becomes angry shows that he is foolish. If you have peace in your mind, your body will be healthy. But if you are jealous, it will eat away your body. 31If you are cruel to poor people, you are insulting God who created them. But if you are kind to helpless people, it shows that you respect God. 32When wicked people are in trouble, they cannot stand. But righteous people still trust God, even when they are in danger of death.
Read all of Proverbs 14Proverbs 14:30 word by word
חַיֵּ֣י בְ֭שָׂרִים לֵ֣ב מַרְפֵּ֑א וּרְקַ֖ב עֲצָמ֣וֹת קִנְאָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 14:30
- Proverbs 4:23Be very careful to keep your mind safe. The thoughts that you think make you the person that you are.
- Psalms 119:80Let me obey your commands completely. Then I will not be ashamed.
- 2 Timothy 1:7Be strong, because God has given us his Spirit. And his Spirit does not cause us to be afraid. Instead, his Spirit causes us to be powerful to serve God. He helps us to love God and other people. And he helps us to control ourselves properly.
- Job 5:2Foolish people may be angry and jealous. That is what kills them.
- Psalms 112:10When wicked people see this, they will be angry. They will show their teeth in anger, but then they will disappear. Whatever wicked people want, they will never get it.
- Acts 7:9One of Jacob's sons was called Joseph. Jacob was more kind to Joseph than to his other sons. For this reason, Joseph's brothers did not like him. So one day they took Joseph and they sold him as a slave. The men that bought Joseph took him to Egypt. There he became the slave of an important man. All this time, God took care of Joseph.
- Romans 1:29They only think about wrong and bad things that they want to do. They want many things for themselves. They want to hurt other people. They are always jealous of other people. They kill people. They quarrel and fight with people. They are not honest or kind. They say silly things about other people.
- James 4:5The Bible says, ‘God has caused his Spirit to live in us. He wants very much to keep us for himself.’ Do you think that is not true?
- Proverbs 3:8If you do that, it will make you healthy and strong.
- Proverbs 12:4A good wife will bring honour to her husband, like a crown. But a wife who brings shame to her husband will take away his strength.
- Proverbs 17:22If you are happy in life, you will be healthy. But if you are sad and upset, your body will be weak.
Commentaries on Proverbs 14:30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30A 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.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30Sound 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.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 30Verse 30 An upright, contented, and benevolent mind, tends to health.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 30A peaceful heart has settled its inner conflicts. Being free from jealousy is good for physical health.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3030. A sound heart--both literally and figuratively, a source of health; in the latter sense, opposed to the known effect of evil passions on health.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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