Proverbs 14:30 KJV
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
Proverbs 14:30, King James Version
In context
29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Cross-references
- 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.