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 thine heart with all diligence, for thereupon hangeth life.
Psalm 119:80
O let my heart be sound in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.
2 Timothy 1:7
For God hath not given to us the spirit of fear: but of power, and of love, and of soberness of mind.
Envy
Job 5:2
As for the foolish man, displeasure killeth him; and anger slayeth the ignorant.
Psalm 112:10
The ungodly shall see it, and it shall grieve him; he shall gnash with his teeth, and consume away, and the desire of the ungodly shall perish.
Acts 7:9
And the patriarchs, having indignation, sold Joseph into Egypt, and God was with him,
Romans 1:29
being full of all unrighteous doing: of fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness, full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, evil-conditioned whisperers,
James 4:5
Either do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, "The spirit that dwelleth in you, lusteth even contrary to envy,"
Rottenness
Proverbs 3:8
so shall thy navel be whole, and thy bones strong.
Proverbs 12:4
A steadfast woman is a crown unto her husband; but she that behaveth herself dishonestly is a corruption in his bones.
Proverbs 17:22
A merry heart maketh a lusty age; but a sorrowful mind drieth up the bones.