He said to her, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to him, ‘Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard for it’; but he answered, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’ ”
Proverbs 14:30 - New Revised Standard Version A tranquil mind gives life to the flesh, but passion makes the bones rot. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: But envy the rottenness of the bones. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A calm and undisturbed mind and heart are the life and health of the body, but envy, jealousy, and wrath are like rottenness of the bones. American Standard Version (1901) A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; But envy is the rottenness of the bones. Common English Bible A peaceful mind gives life to the body, but jealousy rots the bones. Catholic Public Domain Version The well-being of the heart is life for the flesh. But envy is decay for the bones. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Soundness of heart is the life of the flesh: but envy is the rottenness of the bones. |
He said to her, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to him, ‘Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard for it’; but he answered, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’ ”
The wicked see it and are angry; they gnash their teeth and melt away; the desire of the wicked comes to nothing.
May my heart be blameless in your statutes, so that I may not be put to shame.
A good wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.
A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.
A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.
Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.
I hear, and I tremble within; my lips quiver at the sound. Rottenness enters into my bones, and my steps tremble beneath me. I wait quietly for the day of calamity to come upon the people who attack us.
“The patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him,
They were filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, covetousness, malice. Full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, craftiness, they are gossips,
for God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline.
Or do you suppose that it is for nothing that the scripture says, “God yearns jealously for the spirit that he has made to dwell in us”?