Proverbs 14:30

Bible in Basic English 1965

A quiet mind is the life of the body, but envy is a disease in the bones.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:6

And he said to her, Because I was talking to Naboth the Jezreelite, and I said to him, Let me have your vine-garden for a price, or, if it is pleasing to you, I will give you another vine-garden for it: and he said, I will not give you my vine-garden.

Job 5:2

For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion.

Psalm 112:10

The sinner will see it with grief; he will be wasted away with envy; the desire of the evil-doers will come to nothing.

Psalm 119:80

Let all my heart be given to your orders, so that I may not be put to shame.

Proverbs 12:4

A woman of virtue is a crown to her husband; but she whose behaviour is a cause of shame is like a wasting disease in his bones.

Proverbs 15:13

A glad heart makes a shining face, but by the sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

Proverbs 17:22

A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.

Proverbs 3:8

This will give strength to your flesh, and new life to your bones.

Proverbs 4:23

And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.

Habakkuk 3:16

Hearing it, my inner parts were moved, and my lips were shaking at the sound; my bones became feeble, and my steps were uncertain under me: I gave sounds of grief in the day of trouble, when his forces came up against the people in bands.

Acts 7:9

And the brothers, moved with envy against Joseph, gave him to the Egyptians for money: but God was with him,

Romans 1:29

Being full of all wrongdoing, evil, desire for the goods of others, hate, envy, putting to death, fighting, deceit, cruel ways, evil talk, and false statements about others;

2 Timothy 1:7

For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of self-control.

James 4:5

Or does it seem to you that it is for nothing that the holy Writings say, The spirit which God put into our hearts has a strong desire for us?