Proverbs 14:30
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30 A tranquil mind gives life to the flesh,
but jealousy makes the bones rot.(A)
Proverbs 17:22
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22 A cheerful heart is a good medicine,
but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.(A)
Proverbs 3:8
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8 It will be a healing for your flesh
and a refreshment for your body.(A)
Job 5:2
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2 Surely vexation kills the fool,
and jealousy slays the simple.(A)
Proverbs 12:4
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4 A good wife is the crown of her husband,
but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.(A)
Proverbs 4:23
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23 Keep your heart with all vigilance,
for from it flow the springs of life.(A)
Romans 1:29
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29 They were filled with every kind of injustice, evil, covetousness, malice. Full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, craftiness, they are gossips,
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Psalm 112:10
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10 The wicked see it and are angry;
they gnash their teeth and melt away;
the desire of the wicked comes to nothing.(A)
James 4:5
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5 Or do you suppose that the scripture speaks to no purpose? Does the spirit that God caused to dwell[a] in us desire envy?(A)
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- 4.5 Other ancient authorities read the spirit that dwells
Psalm 119:80
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80 May my heart be blameless in your statutes,
so that I may not be put to shame.
2 Timothy 1:7
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7 for God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline.(A)
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Acts 7:9
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9 “The patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him(A)
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