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

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

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

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

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

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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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