Verse 30

A sound heart is life to the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 12:4 : 4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, but she who causes shame is as rottenness in his bones.
  • Prov 17:22 : 22 A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.
  • Rom 1:29 : 29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers,
  • Job 5:2 : 2 For anger kills the foolish man, and envy slays the simple one.
  • Ps 112:10 : 10 The wicked shall see it and be grieved; he shall gnash his teeth and melt away; the desire of the wicked shall perish.
  • Prov 3:8 : 8 It shall be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones.
  • Prov 4:23 : 23 Keep your heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
  • Ps 119:80 : 80 Let my heart be blameless regarding Your statutes, that I may not be ashamed.
  • 2 Tim 1:7 : 7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
  • Jas 4:5 : 5 Do you think that the Scripture says in vain, The spirit that dwells in us yearns jealously?