Proverbs 14:30
The life of the whole body, is a tranquil mind, but, a decay of the bones, is jealousy.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
In Context
29One slow to anger, hath great understanding, but, the hasty in spirit, exalteth folly.
Cross References
1 Kings 21:6And he said unto her—Because I spake unto Naboth, the Jezreelite, and said unto him—Come! give me thy vineyard for silver, or, if thou wouldst prefer, I will give thee a vineyard, in its stead; and he said—I will not give thee my vineyard.
Psalms 112:10The lawless one, shall see, and be indignant, his teeth, will he gnash and melt away, The craving of the lawless, shall vanish.
Proverbs 3:8Healing, shall it be to thy body, and refreshing, to thy bones.
Proverbs 12:4A virtuous woman, is the crown of her husband, but, a veritable decay in his bones, is she that causeth shame.
Acts 7:9And, the patriarchs, being jealous of Joseph, gave him up into Egypt; and, God, was, with him,
2 Timothy 1:7For God hath not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power, and love, and correction.
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 →