The Wise Woman
Proverbs 14:30
In 11 translations
- BSB
- A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
- KJV
- A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
- WEB
- The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.
- ASV
- A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; But envy is the rottenness of the bones.
- LSV
- A healed heart [is] life to the flesh, || And rottenness to the bones [is] envy.
- YLT
- A healed heart [is] life to the flesh, And rottenness to the bones [is] envy.
- DBY
- A sound heart is the life of the flesh; but envy the rottenness of the bones.
- DRC
- Soundness of heart is the life of the flesh: but envy is the rottenness of the bones.
- GNV
- A sounde heart is the life of the flesh: but enuie is the rotting of the bones.
- JPS
- A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; but envy is the rottenness of the bones.
- LXXE
- A meek-spirited man is a healer of the heart: but a sensitive heart is a corruption of the bones.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- חַיֵּ֣י בְ֭שָׂרִים לֵ֣ב מַרְפֵּ֑א וּרְקַ֖ב עֲצָמ֣וֹת קִנְאָֽה׃
- LXX-Br
- Πρᾳΰθυμος ἀνὴρ καρδίας ἰατρὸς, σὴς δὲ ὀστέων καρδία αἰσθητική·
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 17:22A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
- Proverbs 3:8This will bring healing to your body and refreshment to your bones.
- Job 5:2For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
- Proverbs 4:23Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
- Proverbs 12:4A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
- Romans 1:29They 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,
- Psalms 112:10The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.
- 2 Timothy 1:7For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
- Psalms 119:80May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.
- Acts 7:9Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
- James 4:5Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).