Proverbs 14:30

A sound heart is life for the body. Envy (jealousy) is like bone cancer (decay) (rottenness to the bones).

Proverbs 12:4

A virtuous wife is a crown to her husband. She who acts shameful is rottenness in his bones.

Psalm 112:10

The wicked sees this and becomes angry. He angrily grits his teeth and disappears. The hope of the wicked will perish (be destroyed).

2 Timothy 1:7

God has not given us a spirit of timidity (fear), but of power and love and discipline.

James 4:5

Or do you think the scripture speaks to no purpose? Does the attitude of the heart (mental disposition) that he induced to live in us cause us to envy?

Job 5:2

To be sure anger kills a stubborn fool. And jealousy murders a gullible person.

Psalm 119:80

May my heart be blameless in your statutes so that I will not be ashamed.

Proverbs 3:8

This will make you healthy, and you will feel strong.

Proverbs 4:23

Guard your heart with all diligence for out of it come the source of life.

Proverbs 17:22

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

Acts 7:9

The family heads were jealous of Joseph and sold him as a slave into Egypt. However, God was with him.

Romans 1:29

They are filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil mindedness; they are whisperers,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

Sound

Proverbs 4:23
Guard your heart with all diligence for out of it come the source of life.
Psalm 119:80
May my heart be blameless in your statutes so that I will not be ashamed.
2 Timothy 1:7
God has not given us a spirit of timidity (fear), but of power and love and discipline.

Envy

Job 5:2
To be sure anger kills a stubborn fool. And jealousy murders a gullible person.
Psalm 112:10
The wicked sees this and becomes angry. He angrily grits his teeth and disappears. The hope of the wicked will perish (be destroyed).
Acts 7:9
The family heads were jealous of Joseph and sold him as a slave into Egypt. However, God was with him.
Romans 1:29
They are filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil mindedness; they are whisperers,
James 4:5
Or do you think the scripture speaks to no purpose? Does the attitude of the heart (mental disposition) that he induced to live in us cause us to envy?

Rottenness

Proverbs 3:8
This will make you healthy, and you will feel strong.
Proverbs 12:4
A virtuous wife is a crown to her husband. She who acts shameful is rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs 17:22
A merry heart is good medicine but a broken spirit dries up the bones.