Proverbs 14:30
Strong's Lexicon
A tranquil
מַרְפֵּ֑א (mar·pê)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4832: 1) health, healing, cure 1a) healing, cure 1b) health, profit, sound (of mind) 1c) healing 1c1) incurable (with negative)

heart
לֵ֣ב (lêḇ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3820: 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding 1a) inner part, midst 1a1) midst (of things) 1a2) heart (of man) 1a3) soul, heart (of man) 1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory 1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will) 1a6) conscience 1a7) heart (of moral character) 1a8) as seat of appetites 1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage

is life
חַיֵּ֣י (ḥay·yê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 2416: adj 1) living, alive 1a) green (of vegetation) 1b) flowing, fresh (of water) 1c) lively, active (of man) 1d) reviving (of the springtime) n m 2) relatives 3) life (abstract emphatic) 3a) life 3b) sustenance, maintenance n f 4) living thing, animal 4a) animal 4b) life 4c) appetite 4d) revival, renewal 5) community

to the body,
בְ֭שָׂרִים (ḇə·śā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1320: 1) flesh 1a) of the body 1a1) of humans 1a2) of animals 1b) the body itself 1c) male organ of generation (euphemism) 1d) kindred, blood-relations 1e) flesh as frail or erring (man against God) 1f) all living things 1g) animals 1h) mankind

but envy
קִנְאָֽה׃ (qin·’āh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7068: 1) ardour, zeal, jealousy 1a) ardour, jealousy, jealous disposition (of husband) 1a1) sexual passion 1b) ardour of zeal (of religious zeal) 1b1) of men for God 1b2) of men for the house of God 1b3) of God for his people 1c) ardour of anger 1c1) of men against adversaries 1c2) of God against men 1d) envy (of man) 1e) jealousy (resulting in the wrath of God)

rots
וּרְקַ֖ב (ū·rə·qaḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7538: 1) rottenness, decay (always fig)

the bones.
עֲצָמ֣וֹת (‘ă·ṣā·mō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6106: 1) bone, essence, substance 1a) bone 1a1) body, limbs, members, external body 1b) bone (of animal) 1c) substance, self

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.

Young's Literal Translation
A healed heart [is] life to the flesh, And rottenness to the bones [is] envy.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A tranquil heart is life to the body, but jealousy is rottenness to the bones.

New American Standard Bible
A tranquil heart is life to the body, But passion is rottenness to the bones.

King James Bible
A sound heart [is] the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.

New Living Translation
A peaceful heart leads to a healthy body; jealousy is like cancer in the bones.

English Standard Version
A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot.

New American Standard Bible
A tranquil heart is life to the body, But passion is rottenness to the bones.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A tranquil heart is life to the body, but jealousy is rottenness to the bones.

International Standard Version
A tranquil mind brings life to one's body, but jealousy causes one's bones to rot.

NET Bible
A tranquil spirit revives the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones.

American Standard Version
A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; But envy is the rottenness of the bones.

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

Young's Literal Translation
A healed heart is life to the flesh, And rottenness to the bones is envy.
















Cross References
Proverbs 12:4
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 15:13
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

Habakkuk 3:16
When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 14:29
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

Proverbs 14:28
In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

Proverbs 14:27
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Proverbs 14:31
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

Proverbs 14:32
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

Proverbs 14:33
Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
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