Proverbs 14:30
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
חַי
chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...
בָּשָׂר
bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
עֶצֶם
ʻetsem
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
Key Terms in This Verse
עֶצֶם ʻetsem
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
Study H6106 →בָּשָׂר bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
Study H1320 →חַי chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
Study H2416 →לֵב lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Study H3820 →Cross References
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
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