Proverbs 14:30

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

A tranquil mind gives life to the flesh, but passion makes the bones rot.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:6

And he said to her, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite, and said to him, ‘Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it please you, I will give you another vineyard for it’; and he answered, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’ ”

Job 5:2

Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.

Psalm 112:10

The wicked man sees it and is angry; he gnashes his teeth and melts away; the desire of the wicked man comes to naught.

Psalm 119:80

May my heart be blameless in thy statutes, that I may not be put to shame!

Proverbs 12:4

A good wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 15:13

A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

Proverbs 17:22

A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.

Proverbs 3:8

It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.

Proverbs 4:23

Keep your heart with all vigilance; for from it flow the springs of life.

Habakkuk 3:16

I hear, and my body trembles, my lips quiver at the sound; rottenness enters into my bones, my steps totter beneath me. I will quietly wait for the day of trouble to come upon people who invade us.

Acts 7:9

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

Romans 1:29

They were filled with all manner of wickedness, evil, covetousness, malice. Full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity, they are gossips,

2 Timothy 1:7

for God did not give us a spirit of timidity but a spirit of power and love and self-control.

James 4:5

Or do you suppose it is in vain that the scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit which he has made to dwell in us”?