Proverbs 14:30
28 A large population is a king’s splendor, but a lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin.
29 A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
31 Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
32 The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
- KJV
- A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
- WEB
- The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.
- ASV
- A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; But envy is the rottenness of the bones.
- DARBY
- A sound heart is the life of the flesh; but envy the rottenness of the bones.
- BLB
- A heart of healing [is] life to the body, and jealousy [is] rottenness to the bones.
- ÅB
- Et saktmodig hjerte er legemets liv, men hissighet er råttenhet i benene.
- OTB
- Et rolig hjerte gir liv til kroppen, men misunnelse råtner benene.
- B1930
- Et saktmodig hjerte er legemets liv, men hissighet er råttenhet i benene.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 17:22
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
Read in contextJob 5:2
For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
Read in contextProverbs 3:8
This will bring healing to your body and refreshment to your bones.
Read in contextProverbs 4:23
Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
Read in contextProverbs 12:4
A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
Read in contextPsalms 119:80
May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.
Read in context2 Timothy 1:7
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
Read in contextRomans 1:29
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,
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