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
Guard your heart with all vigilance, for from it are the sources of life.
Psalm 119:80
May I be fully committed to your statutes, so that I might not be ashamed.
2 Timothy 1:7
For God did not give us a Spirit of fear but of power and love and self-control.
Envy
Job 5:2
For wrath kills the foolish person, and anger slays the silly one.
Psalm 112:10
When the wicked see this, they will worry; they will grind their teeth in frustration and melt away; the desire of the wicked will perish.
Acts 7:9
The patriarchs, because they were jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. But God was with him,
Romans 1:29
They are filled with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice. They are rife with envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They are gossips,
James 4:5
Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says, "The spirit that God caused to live within us has an envious yearning"?
Rottenness
Proverbs 3:8
This will bring healing to your body, and refreshment to your inner self.
Proverbs 12:4
A noble wife is the crown of her husband, but the wife who acts shamefully is like rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs 17:22
A cheerful heart brings good healing, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.