30A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
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A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 30)The foregoing verse showed how much our reputation, this how much our health, depends on the good government of our passions and the preserving of the temper of the mind. 1. A healing spirit, made up of love and meekness, a hearty, friendly, cheerful disposition, is the life of the flesh ; it contributes to a good constitution of body; people grow fat with good humour. 2. A fretful, envious, disco…
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