Proverbs 14:30
A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
In Context
29A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
31Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
Cross References
1 Kings 21:6Ahab answered, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and told him, ‘Give me your vineyard for silver, or if you wish, I will give you another vineyard in its place.’ And he replied, ‘I will not give you my vineyard!’”
Psalms 112:10The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.
Proverbs 3:8This will bring healing to your body and refreshment to your bones.
Proverbs 12:4A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
Acts 7:9Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
2 Timothy 1:7For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
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 →