Verse 30

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

Referenced Verses

• Prov 12:4 : 4 A woman of virtue is a crown to her husband; but she whose behaviour is a cause of shame is like a wasting disease in his bones.
• Prov 17:22 : 22 A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.
• Rom 1:29 : 29 Being full of all wrongdoing, evil, desire for the goods of others, hate, envy, putting to death, fighting, deceit, cruel ways, evil talk, and false statements about others;
• Job 5:2 : 2 For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion.
• Ps 112:10 : 10 The sinner will see it with grief; he will be wasted away with envy; the desire of the evil-doers will come to nothing.
• Prov 3:8 : 8 This will give strength to your flesh, and new life to your bones.
• Prov 4:23 : 23 And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.
• Ps 119:80 : 80 Let all my heart be given to your orders, so that I may not be put to shame.
• 2 Tim 1:7 : 7 For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of self-control.
• Jas 4:5 : 5 Or does it seem to you that it is for nothing that the holy Writings say, The spirit which God put into our hearts has a strong desire for us?