Proverbs 14:30
A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
BSB
ASV
A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; But envy is the rottenness of the bones.
KJV
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
While all our actions should be free from hidden malevolence, this is particularly the case in the selection of a bishop, whose life is the pattern for all his flock. Calm and pacific judgment is called for if you are to prefer to all his fellows a man who will be elected by all and who will heal all dissension. "The gentle man is the physician of the heart." In the gospel the Lord declared himself the physician of the heart when he said, "They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick."
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.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Proverbs 4:23Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
leads to
The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow…
You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
Through
Proverbs 17:22A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
leads to
A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.
Anxiety weighs down the heart of a man, but a good word cheers it up.
The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit?