Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
Rottenness
Bible References
Sound
Proverbs 4:23
Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life.
Psalm 119:80
Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.
2 Timothy 1:7
For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power, and of love, and of wise discretion.
Envy
Job 5:2
For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple.
Psalm 112:10
The wicked man shall see it and be vexed; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
Acts 7:9
And the patriarchs, envying Joseph, sold him away into Egypt. And God was with him,
Romans 1:29
being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers,
James 4:5
Think ye that the scripture speaks in vain? Does the Spirit which has taken his abode in us desire enviously?
Rottenness
Proverbs 3:8
it shall be health for thy navel, and moisture for thy bones.
Proverbs 12:4
A woman of worth is a crown to her husband; but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs 17:22
A joyful heart promoteth healing; but a broken spirit drieth up the bones.