Proverbs 14:30
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 14
“A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.”Proverbs 14:30
What Does Proverbs 14:30 Mean?
Proverbs 14:30 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 14, verse 30 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 19 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (19)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 14:30 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Proverbs 17:22“A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.”Proverbs 12:4“A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his 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 27:4“Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?”Genesis 30:1“And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.”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.”Psalms 119:80“Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.”Romans 1:29“Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,”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.”1 Peter 2:1“Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,”Genesis 31:1“And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father’s; and of that which was our father’s hath he gotten all this glory.”Acts 5:17“Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,”James 3:14“But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.”1 Kings 21:6“And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard.”Acts 7:9“And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,”Acts 17:5“But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.”James 4:5“Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?”
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