Proverbs 14:30
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.”
חַי
Life, living. Chay. The quality of being alive. The same root as Chayim, life in its fullness. God breathed chay into Adam's nostrils and he became a living soul.
מַרְפֵּא
healing
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מַרְפֵּא
Healing, health, a cure. Marpe. A merry heart is good like medicine. God heals spirit soul and body. He is interested in the whole person.
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בָּשָׂר
bodies
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בָּשָׂר
Flesh, body, skin. Basar. The physical human body. God became flesh in Jesus. He took on our basar to redeem it from the inside.
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לֵב
a heart of
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לֵב
Heart, mind, will. Leb. The centre of human personality. Guard your heart above all else for everything you do flows from it.
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עֶצֶם
bones
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עֶצֶם
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
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קִנְאָה
jealousy
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קִנְאָה
jealousy or envy
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