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 with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Psalm 119:80
Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
2 Timothy 1:7
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Envy
Job 5:2
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Psalm 112:10
The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
Acts 7:9
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
Romans 1:29
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
James 4:5
Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
Rottenness
Proverbs 3:8
It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
Proverbs 12:4
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs 17:22
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.