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.’ ”
Proverbs 14:30 - 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. |
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.’ ”
The wicked man sees it and is angry; he gnashes his teeth and melts away; the desire of the wicked man comes to naught.
May my heart be blameless in thy statutes, 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 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.
“And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him,
They were filled with all manner of wickedness, evil, covetousness, malice. Full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity, they are gossips,
for God did not give us a spirit of timidity but a spirit of power and love and self-control.
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”?