30 A tranquil[a] heart gives (A)life to the flesh,
    but (B)envy[b] makes (C)the bones rot.

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  1. Proverbs 14:30 Or healing
  2. Proverbs 14:30 Or jealousy

30 A heart at peace gives life to the body,
    but envy rots the bones.(A)

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22 (A)A joyful heart is good medicine,
    but a crushed spirit (B)dries up the bones.

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22 A cheerful heart is good medicine,
    but a crushed(A) spirit dries up the bones.(B)

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(A)An excellent wife is (B)the crown of her husband,
    but she who (C)brings shame is like (D)rottenness in his bones.

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A wife of noble character(A) is her husband’s crown,
    but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.(B)

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It will be (A)healing to your flesh[a]
    and (B)refreshment[b] to your bones.

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  1. Proverbs 3:8 Hebrew navel
  2. Proverbs 3:8 Or medicine

This will bring health to your body(A)
    and nourishment to your bones.(B)

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Surely vexation kills the fool,
    and jealousy slays the simple.

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Resentment(A) kills a fool,
    and envy slays the simple.(B)

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23 Keep your heart with all vigilance,
    for (A)from it flow (B)the springs of life.

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23 Above all else, guard(A) your heart,
    for everything you do flows from it.(B)

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29 They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips,

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29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips,(A)

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80 May my heart be (A)blameless in your statutes,
    (B)that I may not be put to shame!

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80 May I wholeheartedly follow(A) your decrees,(B)
    that I may not be put to shame.(C)

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10 The wicked man sees it and is angry;
    he (A)gnashes his teeth and (B)melts away;
    (C)the desire of the wicked will perish!

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10 The wicked will see(A) and be vexed,
    they will gnash their teeth(B) and waste away;(C)
    the longings of the wicked will come to nothing.(D)

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Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit (A)that he has made to dwell in us”?

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Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us[a]?(A)

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  1. James 4:5 Or that the spirit he caused to dwell in us envies intensely; or that the Spirit he caused to dwell in us longs jealously

for God gave us (A)a spirit not of fear but (B)of power and love and self-control.

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For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid,(A) but gives us power,(B) love and self-discipline.

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“And the patriarchs, (A)jealous of Joseph, (B)sold him into Egypt; but (C)God was with him

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“Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph,(A) they sold him as a slave into Egypt.(B) But God was with him(C)

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