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Proverbs 14

Prov. 14:30 KJV (With Strong’s)

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A sound
marpe' (Hebrew #4832)
properly, curative, i.e. literally (concretely) a medicine, or (abstractly) a cure; figuratively (concretely) deliverance, or (abstractly) placidity
KJV usage: ((in-))cure(-able), healing(-lth), remedy, sound, wholesome, yielding.
Pronounce: mar-pay'
Origin: from 7495
heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
is the life
chay (Hebrew #2416)
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
KJV usage: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Pronounce: khah'-ee
Origin: from 2421
of the flesh
basar (Hebrew #1320)
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man
KJV usage: body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin.
Pronounce: baw-sawr'
Origin: from 1319
: but envy
qin'ah (Hebrew #7068)
jealousy or envy
KJV usage: envy(-ied), jealousy, X sake, zeal.
Pronounce: kin-aw'
Origin: from 7065
the rottenness
raqab (Hebrew #7538)
decay (by caries)
KJV usage: rottenness (thing).
Pronounce: raw-kawb'
Origin: from 7537
of the bones
`etsem (Hebrew #6106)
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
KJV usage: body, bone, X life, (self-)same, strength, X very.
Pronounce: eh'tsem
Origin: from 6105
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Flesh,
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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sound.
Prov. 4:23• 23Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life. (Prov. 4:23)
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Psa. 119:80• 80Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed. (Psa. 119:80)
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2 Tim. 1:7• 7For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power, and of love, and of wise discretion. (2 Tim. 1:7)
envy.
Job 5:2• 2For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple. (Job 5:2)
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Psa. 112:10• 10The wicked man shall see it and be vexed; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish. (Psa. 112:10)
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Acts 7:9• 9And the patriarchs, envying Joseph, sold him away into Egypt. And God was with him, (Acts 7:9)
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Rom. 1:29• 29being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers, (Rom. 1:29)
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James 4:5• 5Think ye that the scripture speaks in vain? Does the Spirit which has taken his abode in us desire enviously? (James 4:5)
rottenness.
Prov. 3:8• 8it shall be health for thy navel, and moisture for thy bones. (Prov. 3:8)
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Prov. 12:4• 4A woman of worth is a crown to her husband; but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. (Prov. 12:4)
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Prov. 17:22• 22A joyful heart promoteth healing; but a broken spirit drieth up the bones. (Prov. 17:22)
• A sound heart is the heart of one who is broken before the Lord, and has learned not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think. Envy manifests at once the lack of self-judgment. (“Proverbs Fourteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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A soundb heart is the life of the flesh; but envy the rottenness of the bones.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "tranquil," "placid."