Proverbs 14:30

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

A heart of healing is life to the body, and jealousy is rottenness to the bones.

Latin

Vita carnium sanitas cordis; putredo ossium invidia.

Hebrew

English

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

A peaceful heart has settled its inner conflicts. Being free from jealousy is good for physical health.

Proverbs 17:22
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
Proverbs 4:23
Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
Job 5:2
For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
Proverbs 3:8
This will bring healing to your body and refreshment to your bones.
Proverbs 12:4
A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
Romans 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,
2 Timothy 1:7
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
Psalm 112:10
The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.
Psalm 119:80
May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.
Acts 7:9
Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
James 4:5
Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?