“The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.”
— WEB
Proverbs 14:30
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“A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.”
— KJV
“A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; But envy is the rottenness of the bones.”
— ASV
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The foregoing verse showed how much our reputation, this how much our health, depends on the good government of our passions and the preserving of the temper of the mind. 1. A healing spirit, made up of love and meekness, a hearty, friendly, cheerful disposition, is the life of the flesh; it contributes to a good constitution of body; people grow fat with good humour. 2. A fretful, envious, discontented spirit, is its own punishment; it consumes the flesh, preys upon the animal spirits, makes the countenance pale, and is the rottenness of the bones. Those that see the prosperity of others and are grieved, let them gnash with their teeth and melt away, Psa 112:10. Rumpatur, quisquis rumpitur invidia. Whoever bursts for envy, let him burst.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary (public domain)
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.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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