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 the multitude of people is the king’s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince. 29He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones. 31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor. 32The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

Proverbs 14:30 word by word

חַיֵּ֣י בְ֭שָׂרִים לֵ֣ב מַרְפֵּ֑א וּרְקַ֖ב עֲצָמ֣וֹת קִנְאָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• A soundמַרְפֵּאmarpê' · healingH4832
• heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• the lifeחַיִּיםchay · lifeH2416
• of the fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• but envyקִנְאָהqin'âh · jealousyH7068
• the rottennessרָקָבrâqâb · rottennessH7538
• of the bonesעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106

Cross-references for Proverbs 14:30

• Proverbs 4:23Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
• Psalms 119:80Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
• 2 Timothy 1:7For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
• Job 5:2For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
• Psalms 112:10The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
• Acts 7:9And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
• Romans 1:29Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
• James 4:5Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
• Proverbs 3:8It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
• Proverbs 12:4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
• Proverbs 17:22A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth 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

Topics related to Proverbs 14:30

• Envy
• Heart
• Integrity
• Physiology

In the dictionaries

• Backslider
• Confident
• Crib
• Easy
• Envious
• Hasty
• Mock
• Poetry
• Prudent
• Rich

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