30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

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

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22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth 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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It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

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

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A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as 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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For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

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

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23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues 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 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

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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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10 The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall 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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Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

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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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Footnotes

  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 hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

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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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80 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.

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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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And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but 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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