Proverbs 14:30 “A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.”

Proverbs 14:30

A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

World English Bible

The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.

American Standard Version

A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; But envy is the rottenness of the bones.

Geneva Bible 1599

A sounde heart is the life of the flesh: but enuie is the rotting of the bones.

Darby Translation

A sound heart is the life of the flesh; but envy the rottenness of the bones.

Young's Literal Translation

A healed heart [is] life to the flesh, And rottenness to the bones [is] envy.

Bible in Basic English

A quiet mind is the life of the body, but envy is a disease in the bones.

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Cross references

“sound”

Proverbs 4:23 Psalm 119:80 2 Timothy 1:7

Proverbs 4:23 · BSB

Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.

Psalm 119:80 · BSB

May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.

2 Timothy 1:7 · BSB

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

“envy”

Job 5:2 Psalm 112:10 Romans 1:29 Acts 7:9 James 4:5

Job 5:2 · BSB

For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

Psalm 112:10 · BSB

The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.

Romans 1:29 · BSB

They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,

Acts 7:9 · BSB

Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him

James 4:5 · BSB

Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?

“rottenness”

Proverbs 17:22 Proverbs 3:8 Proverbs 12:4

Proverbs 17:22 · BSB

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

Proverbs 3:8 · BSB

This will bring healing to your body and refreshment to your bones.

Proverbs 12:4 · BSB

A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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.

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