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
With all vigilance, keep your heart, for from it [comes] the source of life.
Psalm 119:80
May my heart be blameless in your statutes, so that I may not be ashamed.
2 Timothy 1:7
For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power and love and self-discipline.
Envy
Job 5:2
For vexation will slay the fool, and jealousy will kill [the] simple.
Psalm 112:10
[The] wicked sees [it] and is vexed. He gnashes his teeth and {becomes weak}. [The] desire of [the] wicked perishes.
Acts 7:9
And the patriarchs, [because they] were jealous of Joseph, sold [him] into Egypt. And God was with him,
Romans 1:29
being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greediness, malice, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malevolence. [They are] gossipers,
James 4:5
Or do you think that in vain the scripture says, "The spirit which he caused to dwell in us desires jealously"?
Rottenness
Proverbs 3:8
There shall be healing for your {flesh}, and refreshment for your body.
Proverbs 12:4
A woman of strength [is] the crown of her master, but like rot in his bones is she who brings shame.
Proverbs 17:22
A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a downcast spirit will dry out bones.