Proverbs 14:30
חַיֵּי בְשָׂרִים לֵב מַרְפֵּא וּרְקַב עֲצָמוֹת קִנְאָֽה ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
In Context
29אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם רַב ־ תְּבוּנָה וּקְצַר ־ רוּחַ מֵרִים אִוֶּֽלֶת ׃
31עֹשֵֽׁק ־ דָּל חֵרֵף עֹשֵׂהוּ וּמְכַבְּדוֹ חֹנֵן אֶבְיֽוֹן ׃
Cross References
1 Kings 21:6וַיְדַבֵּר אֵלֶיהָ כִּֽי ־ אֲדַבֵּר אֶל ־ נָבוֹת הַיִּזְרְעֵאלִי וָאֹמַר לוֹ תְּנָה ־ לִּי אֶֽת ־ כַּרְמְךָ בְּכֶסֶף אוֹ אִם ־ חָפֵץ אַתָּה אֶתְּנָה ־ לְךָ כֶרֶם תַּחְתָּיו וַיֹּאמֶר לֹֽא ־ אֶתֵּן לְךָ אֶת ־ כַּרְמִֽי ׃
Psalms 112:10רָשָׁע יִרְאֶה ׀ וְכָעָס שִׁנָּיו יַחֲרֹק וְנָמָס תַּאֲוַת רְשָׁעִים תֹּאבֵֽד ׃
Proverbs 3:8רִפְאוּת תְּהִי לְשָׁרֶּךָ וְשִׁקּוּי לְעַצְמוֹתֶֽיךָ ׃
Proverbs 12:4אֵֽשֶׁת ־ חַיִל עֲטֶרֶת בַּעְלָהּ וּכְרָקָב בְּעַצְמוֹתָיו מְבִישָֽׁה ׃
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 →