Proverbs 14:30

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

It's healthy to be content, but envy can eat you up.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:6

“I asked Naboth to sell me his vineyard or to let me give him a better one,” Ahab replied. “And he told me I couldn't have it.”

Job 5:2

Envy and jealousy will kill a stupid fool.

Psalm 112:10

When evil people see this, they angrily bite their tongues and disappear. They will never get what they really want.

Psalm 119:80

Let me truly respect your laws, so I won't be ashamed.

Proverbs 12:4

A helpful wife is a jewel for her husband, but a shameless wife will make his bones rot.

Proverbs 15:13

Happiness makes you smile; sorrow can crush you.

Proverbs 17:22

If you are cheerful, you feel good; if you are sad, you hurt all over.

Proverbs 3:8

This will make you healthy, and you will feel strong.

Proverbs 4:23

Carefully guard your thoughts because they are the source of true life.

Habakkuk 3:16

When I heard this message, I felt weak from fear, and my lips quivered. My bones seemed to melt, and I stumbled around. But I will patiently wait. Some day those vicious enemies will be struck by disaster.

Acts 7:9

These men were our ancestors. Joseph was also one of our famous ancestors. His brothers were jealous of him and sold him as a slave to be taken to Egypt. But God was with him

Romans 1:29

They are evil, wicked, and greedy, as well as mean in every possible way. They want what others have, and they murder, argue, cheat, and are hard to get along with. They gossip,

2 Timothy 1:7

God's Spirit doesn't make cowards out of us. The Spirit gives us power, love, and self-control.

James 4:5

Do you doubt the Scriptures that say, “God truly cares about the Spirit he has put in us”?