Proverbs 14:30 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

³⁰ A sound heart is the life of the flesh: But envy is the rottenness of the bones.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁰ A sound heart is the life of the flesh: But envy the rottenness of the bones.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁰ A calm and undisturbed mind and heart are the life and health of the body, but envy, jealousy, and wrath are like rottenness of the bones.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁰ A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; But envy is the rottenness of the bones.

Common English Bible

³⁰ A peaceful mind gives life to the body, but jealousy rots the bones.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁰ The well-being of the heart is life for the flesh. But envy is decay for the bones.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁰ Soundness of heart is the life of the flesh: but envy is the rottenness of the bones.

Proverbs 14:30 Cross References

1 Kings 21:6

And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard.

Job 5:2

For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.

Psalm 112:10

The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: The desire of the wicked shall perish.

Psalm 119:80

Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes; That I be not ashamed. כ CAPH

Proverbs 12:4

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 15:13

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

Proverbs 17:22

A merry heart is a good medicine: But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

Proverbs 3:8

It shall be health to thy navel, And marrow to thy bones.

Proverbs 4:23

Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.

Habakkuk 3:16

I heard, and my belly trembled, My lips quivered at the voice; Rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in my place: That I should rest in the day of trouble, When it cometh up against the people which invadeth him in troops.

Acts 7:9

And the patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt: and God was with him,

Romans 1:29

being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

2 Timothy 1:7

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

James 4:5

Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying?