Proverbs 14:30
A mery heart is the lyfe of the body: but enuie consumeth away the bones.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
In Context
29He that is patient hath much vnderstanding: but he that is soone displeased, exalteth foolishnesse.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:8So shall thy nauell be whole, and thy bones strong.
Proverbs 12:4A huswifely woman is a crowne vnto her husbande: but she that behaueth her selfe vnhonestly, is as corruption in his bones.
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 →