Proverbs 14 · Verse 30

Proverbs 14:30

A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
Proverbs 14:30, King James Version

Proverbs 14:30 in other translations

BSBA tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
WEBThe life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.
ASVA tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; But envy is the rottenness of the bones.
YLTA healed heart is life to the flesh, And rottenness to the bones is envy.
DARBYA sound heart is the life of the flesh; but envy the rottenness of the bones.
BBEA quiet mind is the life of the body, but envy is a disease in the bones.
WebsterA sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

What does Proverbs 14:30 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
30. A sound heart--both literally and figuratively, a source of health; in the latter sense, opposed to the known effect of evil passions on health.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh - A healthy state of the blood, and a proper circulation of that stream of life, is the grand cause, in the hand of God, of health and longevity. If the heart be diseased, life cannot be long continued.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
An upright, contented, and benevolent mind, tends to health.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 14:30 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

חַיֵּ֣יchai.Yei[is] [the] life ofH2416
בְ֭שָׂרִיםVe.sa.rimbodiesH1320
לֵ֣בleva heart ofH3820
מַרְפֵּ֑אmar.Pe'healingH4832
וּרְקַ֖בu.re.Kavand [is] rottenness ofH7538
עֲצָמ֣וֹתa.tza.MotbonesH6106
קִנְאָֽה\׃kin.'AhjealousyH7068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 14:30

  • Proverbs 17:22

    A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

  • Job 5:2

    For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

  • Proverbs 3:8

    It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

  • Proverbs 4:23

    Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

  • Proverbs 12:4

    A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

  • Psalms 119:80

    Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.

  • 2 Timothy 1:7

    For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

  • Romans 1:29

    Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

  • Psalms 112:10

    The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

  • James 4:5

    Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

  • Acts 7:9

    And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
sound.
4:23; Ps 119:80; 2Ti 1:7
envy.
Job 5:2; Ps 112:10; Ac 7:9; Ro 1:29; Jas 4:5
rottenness.
3:8; 12:4; 17:22

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Context

  • Proverbs 14:29

    He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

  • Proverbs 14:30

    A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

  • Proverbs 14:31

    He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

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Proverbs 14:30 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		El corazón apacible es vida de las carnes: mas la envidia, pudrimiento de huesos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Un cœur sain est la vie de la chair, mais l’envie est la pourriture des os.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ein gelassenes Herz ist des Leibes Leben, aber Ereiferung ist Fäulnis der Gebeine.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Vita carnium sanitas cordis; putredo ossium invidia.