Proverbs 14:30
A tranquil heart is life for the body, 1 but envy rots the bones. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 person has great understanding, 1 but the quick-tempered person exalts folly.
Cross References
1 Kings 21:6He replied to her, “I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to him, 'Give me your vineyard for money, or if it pleases you, I will give you another vineyard to be yours.' Then he answered me, 'I will not give you my vineyard.'”
Psalms 112:10The wicked person will see this and be angry; 1 he will grind his teeth in rage and he will melt away; 1 the desire of the wicked people will perish.
Proverbs 3:8It will be healing to your flesh 1 and refreshment for your body. 1
Proverbs 12:4A worthy wife is her husband's crown, 1 but she who brings shame is like a disease that rots his bones. 1
Acts 7:9Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him into Egypt; but God was with him
2 Timothy 1:7For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and love and discipline.
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 →