New King James Version
Proverbs 14:30
30A sound heart is life to 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 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 a king’s honor, But in the lack of people is the downfall of a prince. 29He who is slow to wrath has great understanding, But he who is impulsive exalts folly. A sound heart is life to the body, But envy is rottenness to the bones. 31He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, But he who honors Him has mercy on the needy. 32The wicked is banished in his wickedness, But the righteous has a 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 diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.
- Psalms 119:80Let my heart be blameless regarding Your statutes, That I may not be ashamed.
- 2 Timothy 1:7For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
- Job 5:2For wrath kills a foolish man, And envy slays a simple one.
- Psalms 112:10The wicked will see it and be grieved; He will gnash his teeth and melt away; The desire of the wicked shall perish.
- Acts 7:9“And the patriarchs, becoming envious, sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him
- Romans 1:29being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers,
- James 4:5Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”?
- Proverbs 3:8It will be health to your flesh, And strength to your bones.
- Proverbs 12:4An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, But she who causes shame is like rottenness in his bones.
- Proverbs 17:22A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries 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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