Proverbs 14:30

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Proverbs 14:28–32 · Berean Standard Bible

28 A large population is a king’s splendor, but a lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin.

29 A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.

30 A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.

31 Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.

32 The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Proverbs 4:23

Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.

Psalms 119:80

May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.

2 Timothy 1:7

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Job 5:2

For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

Psalms 112:10

The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.

Acts 7:9

Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him

Romans 1:29

They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,

James 4:5

Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?

Proverbs 3:8

This will bring healing to your body and refreshment to your bones.

Proverbs 12:4

A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.

Proverbs 17:22

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.