New English Translation
Proverbs 14:30
30A tranquil spirit revives the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones.
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’s glory is the abundance of people, but the lack of subjects is the ruin of a ruler. 29The one who is slow to anger has great understanding, but the one who has a quick temper exalts folly. A tranquil spirit revives the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones. 31The one who oppresses the poor insults his Creator, but whoever shows favor to the needy honors him. 32The wicked will be thrown down in his trouble, but the righteous have refuge even in the threat of death.
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חַיֵּ֣י בְ֭שָׂרִים לֵ֣ב מַרְפֵּ֑א וּרְקַ֖ב עֲצָמ֣וֹת קִנְאָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 14:30
- Proverbs 4:23Guard your heart with all vigilance, for from it are the sources of life.
- Psalms 119:80May I be fully committed to your statutes, so that I might not be ashamed. כ (Kaf)
- 2 Timothy 1:7For God did not give us a Spirit of fear but of power and love and self-control.
- Job 5:2For wrath kills the foolish person, and anger slays the silly one.
- Psalms 112:10When the wicked see this, they will worry; they will grind their teeth in frustration and melt away; the desire of the wicked will perish.
- Acts 7:9The patriarchs, because they were jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. But God was with him,
- Romans 1:29They are filled with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice. They are rife with envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They are gossips,
- James 4:5Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says, “The spirit that God caused to live within us has an envious yearning”?
- Proverbs 3:8This will bring healing to your body, and refreshment to your inner self.
- Proverbs 12:4A noble wife is the crown of her husband, but the wife who acts shamefully is like rottenness in his bones.
- Proverbs 17:22A cheerful heart brings good healing, 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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