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 diligence for out of it come the source of life.
Psalm 119:80
May my heart be blameless in your statutes so that I will not be ashamed.
2 Timothy 1:7
God has not given us a spirit of timidity (fear), but of power and love and discipline.
Envy
Job 5:2
To be sure anger kills a stubborn fool. And jealousy murders a gullible person.
Psalm 112:10
The wicked sees this and becomes angry. He angrily grits his teeth and disappears. The hope of the wicked will perish (be destroyed).
Acts 7:9
The family heads were jealous of Joseph and sold him as a slave into Egypt. However, God was with him.
Romans 1:29
They are filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil mindedness; they are whisperers,
James 4:5
Or do you think the scripture speaks to no purpose? Does the attitude of the heart (mental disposition) that he induced to live in us cause us to envy?
Rottenness
Proverbs 3:8
This will make you healthy, and you will feel strong.
Proverbs 12:4
A virtuous wife is a crown to her husband. She who acts shameful is rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs 17:22
A merry heart is good medicine but a broken spirit dries up the bones.