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Proverbs 14:30–31

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A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
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From verse 30

  1. Proverbs 17:22Rank 1 from verse 30
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    22A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

  2. Job 5:2Rank 2 from verse 30
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    2For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

  3. Proverbs 3:8Rank 3 from verse 30
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    8It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

  4. Proverbs 4:23Rank 4 from verse 30
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    23¶ Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

  5. Proverbs 12:4Rank 5 from verse 30
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    4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

From verse 31

  1. Proverbs 22:2Rank 1 from verse 31
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    2The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.

  2. Proverbs 17:5Rank 2 from verse 31
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    5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

  3. Proverbs 22:16Rank 3 from verse 31
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    16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

  4. Proverbs 19:17Rank 4 from verse 31
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    17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

  5. 1 John 4:21Rank 5 from verse 31
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    21And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

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Proverbs 14:30

COMBINED MEANING

sound

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Sense 1: Sound: an audible noise, voice, report, or message. Sense 2: As an adjective, healthy, whole, firm, or free from error. Sense 3: As a verb, to make a noise, play or blow an instrument, or give a signal.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

flesh

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Sense 1: The soft substance of the body. Sense 2: The body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

envy

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Sense 1: Resentful desire at another's good. Sense 2: As a verb, to feel such jealousy.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

rottenness

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State of being decayed or putrid; cariousness; putrefaction; unsoundness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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Proverbs 14:31

COMBINED MEANING

maker

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One who makes, forms, creates, prepares, or brings something into being; in references to God, the Creator.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

mercy

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Compassion or pity shown to the distressed or guilty; kindness that withholds deserved harm.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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

14:30A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

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

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

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