Proverbs 14:30

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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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?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 27:4
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    4Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an overflowing stream; but who does not give way before envy?

  • Prov 17:22-23
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    22A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.

    23A sinner takes an offering out of his robe, to get a decision for himself in a cause.

  • Prov 15:30
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    30The light of the eyes is a joy to the heart, and good news makes the bones fat.

  • Prov 14:29
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    29He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.

  • Prov 3:8
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    8This will give strength to your flesh, and new life to your bones.

  • Prov 15:13-17
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    13A glad heart makes a shining face, but by the sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

    14The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.

    15All the days of the troubled are evil; but he whose heart is glad has an unending feast.

    16Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble.

    17Better is a simple meal where love is, than a fat ox and hate with it.

  • Job 5:2
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    2For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion.

  • Prov 15:4
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    4A comforting tongue is a tree of life, but a twisted tongue is a crushing of the spirit.

  • Jas 3:14
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    14But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others, have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true.

  • Prov 12:25
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    25Care in the heart of a man makes it weighted down, but a good word makes it glad.

  • Prov 23:17
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    17Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;

  • Prov 16:24
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    24Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.

  • Prov 4:22-23
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    22For they are life to him who gets them, and strength to all his flesh.

    23And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.

  • Prov 6:18
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    18A heart full of evil designs, feet which are quick in running after sin;

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

  • Prov 13:12
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    12Hope put off is a weariness to the heart; but when what is desired comes, it is a tree of life.

  • Prov 12:20
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    20Deceit is in the heart of those whose designs are evil, but for those purposing peace there is joy.

  • Prov 28:25
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    25He who is ever desiring profit is a cause of fighting; but he who puts his faith in the Lord will be made fat.

  • Jas 4:5
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    5Or 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?

  • Prov 24:1-2
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    1Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them:

    2For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble.

  • Prov 14:31
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    31He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.

  • Prov 14:13
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    13Even while laughing the heart may be sad; and after joy comes sorrow.

  • Jas 3:16
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    16For where envy is, and the desire to get the better of others, there is no order, but every sort of evil-doing.

  • Prov 11:17
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    17The man who has mercy will be rewarded, but the cruel man is the cause of trouble to himself.

  • Jer 17:9
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    9The heart is a twisted thing, not to be searched out by man: who is able to have knowledge of it?

  • Prov 6:34
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    34For bitter is the wrath of an angry husband; in the day of punishment he will have no mercy.

  • Prov 10:20
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    20The tongue of the upright man is like tested silver: the heart of the evil-doer is of little value.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

  • Prov 12:8
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    8A man will be praised in the measure of his wisdom, but a wrong-minded man will be looked down on.

  • Prov 28:14
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    14Happy is the man in whom is the fear of the Lord at all times; but he whose heart is hard will come into trouble.

  • Prov 19:23
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    23The fear of the Lord gives life: and he who has it will have need of nothing; no evil will come his way.

  • Eccl 7:7
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    7The wise are troubled by the ways of the cruel, and the giving of money is the destruction of the heart.

  • Prov 23:7
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    7For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you.

  • Prov 24:19
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    19Do not be troubled because of evil-doers, or have envy of sinners:

  • Prov 3:31
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    31Have no envy of the violent man, or take any of his ways as an example.

  • Prov 13:15
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    15Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.

  • Prov 6:14
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    14His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts.

  • Ps 73:3
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    3Because of my envy of the men of pride, when I saw the well-being of the wrongdoers.

  • Prov 15:27-28
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    27He whose desires are fixed on profit is a cause of trouble to his family; but he who has no desire for offerings will have life.

    28The heart of the upright gives thought to his answer; but from the mouth of the evil-doer comes a stream of evil things.

  • Prov 21:14
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    14By a secret offering wrath is turned away, and the heat of angry feelings by money in the folds of the robe.