English Standard Version
Proverbs 14:30
30A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A sound heart is life to the body, But envy is rottenness to the bones.
- New Living Translation (NLT)A peaceful heart leads to a healthy body; jealousy is like cancer in the bones.
Context of Proverbs 14:30
28In a multitude of people is the glory of a king, but without people a prince is ruined. 29Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly. A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot. 31Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him. 32The wicked is overthrown through his evildoing, but the righteous finds refuge in his 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 4:23Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.
- Psalms 119:80May my heart be blameless in your statutes, that I may not be put to shame!
- 2 Timothy 1:7for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
- Job 5:2Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.
- Psalms 112:10The wicked man sees it and is angry; he gnashes his teeth and melts away; the desire of the wicked will perish!
- Acts 7:9"And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him
- Romans 1:29They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips,
- James 4:5Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, "He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us"?
- Proverbs 3:8It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.
- Proverbs 12:4An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.
- Proverbs 17:22A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
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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