Proverbs 14:30
The well-being of the heart is life for the flesh. But envy is decay for the bones.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
In Context
29Whoever is patient is governed by much prudence. But whoever is impatient exalts his foolishness.
Cross References
1 Kings 21:6And he responded to her: “I spoke to Naboth, the Jezreelite, and I said to him: ‘Give your vineyard to me, and accept money. Or if it pleases you, I will give to you a better vineyard, in place of it.’ And he said, ‘I will not give my vineyard to you.’”
Proverbs 3:8Certainly, it shall be health to your navel, and refreshment to your bones.
Proverbs 12:4A diligent woman is a crown to her husband. And she who acts with confusion as to which things are worthy is decay to his bones.
Acts 7:9And the Patriarchs, being jealous, sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him.
2 Timothy 1:7For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of virtue, and of love, and of self-restraint.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:30
29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. Note, 1. Meekness is wisdom. He rightly understands himself, and his duty and interest, the infirmities of human nature, and the constitution of human society, who is slow to anger, and knows how to excuse the faults of others as well as his own, how to adjourn his resentments, and moderate them, so as by no provocation to be put out of the possession of his own soul. A mild patient man is really to be accounted… Read the whole commentary →