New American Standard Bible 2020
Proverbs 14:30
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
28In a multitude of people is a king’s glory, But in the scarcity of people is a prince’s ruin. 29One who is slow to anger has great understanding; But one who is quick-tempered exalts foolishness. A tranquil heart is life to the body, But jealousy is rottenness to the bones. 31One who oppresses the poor taunts his Maker, But one who is gracious to the needy honors Him. 32The wicked is thrust down by his own wrongdoing, But the righteous has a refuge when he dies.
Read all of Proverbs 14Proverbs 14:30 word by word
חַיֵּ֣י בְ֭שָׂרִים לֵ֣ב מַרְפֵּ֑א וּרְקַ֖ב עֲצָמ֣וֹת קִנְאָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 14:30
- Proverbs 4:23Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.
- Psalms 119:80May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, So that I will not be ashamed.
- 2 Timothy 1:7For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.
- Job 5:2For irritation kills the fool, And jealousy brings death to the simple.
- Psalms 112:10The wicked will see it and be vexed, He will gnash his teeth and melt away; The desire of the wicked will perish.
- Acts 7:9“The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt. Yet God was with him,
- Romans 1:29people having been filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, and evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice; they are gossips,
- James 4:5Or do you think that the Scripture says to no purpose, “He jealously desires the Spirit whom He has made to dwell in us”?
- Proverbs 3:8It will be healing to your body And refreshment to your bones.
- Proverbs 12:4An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, But she who shames him is like rottenness in his bones.
- Proverbs 17:22A joyful heart is good medicine, But a broken 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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Notes
- 1. Proverbs 14:30 Prov 15:13 ↩
- 2. Proverbs 14:30 Prov 12:4; Hab 3:16 ↩
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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