Proverbs 14:30

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

1 Kings 21:6

He answered her, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to him, ‘Sell me your vineyard, or, if you prefer, I will give you a vineyard in exchange.’ But he said, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’”

Job 5:2

Surely impatience kills the fool and indignation slays the simpleton.

Psalm 112:10

The wicked sees and is angry; gnashes his teeth and wastes away; the desire of the wicked come to nothing.

Psalm 119:80

May I be wholehearted toward your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.

Proverbs 12:4

A woman of worth is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful one is like rot in his bones.

Proverbs 15:13

A glad heart lights up the face, but an anguished heart breaks the spirit.

Proverbs 17:22

A joyful heart is the health of the body, but a depressed spirit dries up the bones.

Proverbs 3:8

This will mean health for your flesh and vigor for your bones.

Proverbs 4:23

With all vigilance guard your heart, for in it are the sources of life.

Habakkuk 3:16

I hear, and my body trembles; at the sound, my lips quiver. Decay invades my bones, my legs tremble beneath me. I await the day of distress that will come upon the people who attack us.

Acts 7:9

“And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into slavery in Egypt; but God was with him

Romans 1:29

They are filled with every form of wickedness, evil, greed, and malice; full of envy, murder, rivalry, treachery, and spite. They are gossips

2 Timothy 1:7

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

James 4:5

Or do you suppose that the scripture speaks without meaning when it says, “The spirit that he has made to dwell in us tends toward jealousy”?