Proverbs 14:30

God's Word

A tranquil heart makes for a healthy body, but jealousy is ⌞like⌟ bone cancer.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:6

He told her, “I talked to Naboth from Jezreel. I said to him, ‘Sell me your vineyard. Or, if you like, I’ll give you another vineyard for it.’ But he said, ‘I won’t give you my vineyard.’ ”

Job 5:2

Certainly, anger kills a stubborn fool, and jealousy murders a gullible person.

Psalm 112:10

The wicked person sees this and becomes angry. He angrily grits his teeth and disappears. The hope that wicked people have will vanish.

Psalm 119:80

Let my heart be filled with integrity in regard to your laws so that I will not be put to shame.

Proverbs 12:4

A wife with strength of character is the crown of her husband, but the wife who disgraces him is like bone cancer.

Proverbs 15:13

A joyful heart makes a cheerful face, but with a heartache comes depression.

Proverbs 17:22

A joyful heart is good medicine, but depression drains one’s strength.

Proverbs 3:8

⌞Then⌟ your body will be healed, and your bones will have nourishment.

Proverbs 4:23

Guard your heart more than anything else, because the source of your life flows from it.

Habakkuk 3:16

I have heard, so there’s trembling within me. At the report my lips quivered. A rotten feeling has entered me. I tremble where I stand. I wait for the day of trouble to come to the people who will attack us.

Acts 7:9

“Jacob’s sons were jealous of their brother Joseph. They sold him into slavery, and he was taken to Egypt. But God was with Joseph

Romans 1:29

Their lives are filled with all kinds of sexual sins, wickedness, and greed. They are mean. They are filled with envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and viciousness. They are gossips,

2 Timothy 1:7

God didn’t give us a cowardly spirit but a spirit of power, love, and good judgment.

James 4:5

Do you think this passage means nothing? It says, “The Spirit that lives in us wants us to be his own.”