Proverbs 14:30
The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 12:4 : 4 A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.
- Prov 17:22 : 22 A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
- Rom 1:29 : 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers,
- Job 5:2 : 2 For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.
- Ps 112:10 : 10 The wicked will see it, and be grieved. He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away. The desire of the wicked will perish.
- Prov 3:8 : 8 It will be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones.
- Prov 4:23 : 23 Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.
- Ps 119:80 : 80 Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not be disappointed. KAF
- 2 Tim 1:7 : 7 For God didn't give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
- Jas 4:5 : 5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously"?
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