“ A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones. ”
Sound heart - literally, “heart of health,” that in which all emotions and appetites are in a healthy equilibrium. The contrast with this is the envy which eats, like a consuming disease, into th...
Proverbs 14. In this, as in each of the preceding Chapter s in this section, aphorisms on the moral government of the world come first in number. There are rather more in this chapter of a politica...
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones. A sound heart is the life of the flesh - A healthy state of the blood, and a proper circulation of that stream of life,...
A sound heart— A joyful or congratulating heart; a heart which is rejoiced at the prosperity of others, and which derives from thence the greatest satisfaction to itself. This is the import of th...
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones. A sound heart (is) the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones. A heart free from "envy," anger a...
1. The prosperity of the family depends on the wife ( Proverbs 31:10-31 ).
A sound heart — i.e. , one in healthy condition, of which the passions and emotions are under control.
CHAPTER 15 THE INWARD UNAPPROACHABLE LIFE "The heart knoweth its own bitterness and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy."- Proverbs 14:10 "Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and...
Verse Proverbs 14:7 . The sense of this proverb is entirely altered in the Revision. The Authorized reading would make it mean that if a man is perceived to be devoid of knowledge he should be aband...
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he. Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good. In all labour there...
A sound heart [is] the life of the flesh ,.... A heart made so by the grace of God, in which are sound principles of truth, righteousness, and holiness; these preserve from sin, and so from many dis...
A sound heart [is] the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones. Ver. 30. A sound heart is the life of the flesh. ] A heart well freed from passions and perturbations holds out lo...
A sound heart Free from envy, and such like inordinate passions, which are commonly called the diseases of the soul, even in heathen, as well as in the sacred writers. Or, as others render לב מרפא,...
30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones. The foregoing verse showed how much our reputation, this how much our health, depends on the good g...
A sound heart; free from envy and such-like inordinate passions, which are commonly called the diseases of the soul, not only in sacred, but even in heathen writers. Or, as others render it, a hea...
YHWH Is A Refuge And A Wellspring Of Life To His People Whose Glory Is Revealed, Firstly, When His People Are Self-Controlled And Show Compassion On The Needy And Secondly, By His Providing Them A R...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 14:30 . A sound heart , “a quiet heart.” Envy , “passion,” “perturbation.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 14:30 A SOUND HEART The blessed effects of a contented sp...
Proverbs 14:1 . Every wise woman buildeth her house, as Proverbs 9:1 , by training up her children to industry, piety and virtue. She is their first governess, and daily instils the elements of k...
A sound heart is the life of the flesh. Heart and health A “sound heart” is a heart that gives its supreme affection to the supremely good. All other hearts are more or less rotten. Such a hear...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 14:1 Every wise woman buildeth her house. Wise women order well their household matters and their families; they have an important influence, and exercise it beneficia...
v. 30. A sound heart is the life of the flesh, literally, "life of the members is a heart of composure"; for it is the tranquil spirit which is able to judge calmly and correctly, weighing all fact...
2 Timothy 1:7 ; Acts 7:9 ; James 4:5 ; Job 5:2 ; Proverbs 12:4 ; Proverbs 17:22 ; Proverbs 3:8 ; Proverbs 4:23 ; Psalms 112:10 ; Psalms 119:80 ; Romans 1:29
A sound heart — Free from envy and inordinate passions. Is life — Procures and maintains the health and vigour of the body.