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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,
Heart,
Life

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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sound.
Prov. 4:23• 23Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. (Prov. 4:23)
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Psa. 119:80• 80Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed. (Psa. 119:80)
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2 Tim. 1:7• 7For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. (2 Tim. 1:7)
envy.
Job 5:2• 2For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. (Job 5:2)
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Psa. 112:10• 10The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; 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, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him, (Acts 7:9)
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Rom. 1:29• 29Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, (Rom. 1:29)
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James 4:5• 5Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? (James 4:5)
rottenness.
Prov. 3:8• 8It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. (Prov. 3:8)
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Prov. 12:4• 4A virtuous woman 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 merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth 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."