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Proverbs 14:30

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

  6. 2 Timothy 1:7Rank 6 from verse 30
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    7For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

  7. Psalms 112:10Rank 7 from verse 30
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    10The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

  8. Psalms 119:80Rank 8 from verse 30
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    80Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.

  9. Romans 1:29Rank 9 from verse 30
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    29Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

  10. Acts 7:9Rank 10 from verse 30
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    9And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

  11. James 4:5Rank 11 from verse 30
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    5Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

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Proverbs 14:30

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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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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