Proverbs 14:30 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 14:30

The foregoing verse showed how much our reputation, this how much our health, depends on the good government of our passions and the preserving of the temper of the mind. 1. A healing spirit, made up of love and meekness, a hearty, friendly, cheerful disposition, is the life of the flesh; it contributes to a good constitution of body; people grow fat with good humour. 2. A fretful, envious, discontented spirit, is its own punishment; it consumes the flesh, preys upon the animal spirits, makes... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 14:30

A sound heart is the life of the flesh ,.... A heart made so by the grace of God, in which are sound principles of truth, righteousness, and holiness; these preserve from sin, and so from many diseases; whereby the life of the flesh or body is kept safe and sound, or that is kept in health and vigour; or a "quiet heart" F8 לב מרפא "cor leve", Baynus; "cor lene", Mercerus; "cor lenitatis", Gejerus, so Ben Melech. ; a heart free from wrath, anger, and envy, and such like passions... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 14:30

A sound heart is the life of the flesh - A healthy state of the blood, and a proper circulation of that stream of life, is the grand cause, in the hand of God, of health and longevity. If the heart be diseased, life cannot be long continued. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 14:28-35

Life contrasts I. IN PUBLIC LIFE . 1 . Fulness and scantiness of population. ( Proverbs 14:28 .) The Hebrew had a deep sense of the value of fruitfulness in the wedded life, and of increase in the nation. The majesty of the monarch is the reflection of the greatness of his people, and the decay must represent itself in his feebleness for action. It is our duty as Christian men to study with intelligence political questions, and to support all measures which tend to freedom... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 14:30

A sound heart is the life of the flesh. The heart that is healthy, morally and physically, spreads its beneficent influence over the whole body in all its functions and relations; this is expressed by the word for "flesh" ( besarim ) , being in the plural number, as the Vulgate renders, vita carnium, but the contrast is better developed by taking מרפא in its other signification of "calm," "gentle," "meek," as Ecclesiastes 10:4 . Thus the Septuagint, "The man of gentle mind ( ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 14:30

A quiet spirit Translate the first clause of the verse thus: "The life of the body is a quiet spirit." I. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A QUIET SPIRIT . The habit and disposition of quietness need not be accompanied by torpor. There is, indeed, a quietness of sleep, as there is also a silence of the grave. But in the passage before us the quiet spirit is directly connected with life. The body may be busy while the spirit is quiet; nay, the mind may be nimble and alert, even full of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 14:30

Proverbs 14:30. A sound heart Free from envy, and such like inordinate passions, which are commonly called the diseases of the soul, even in heathen, as well as in the sacred writers. Or, as others render לב מרפא , a healing heart, mild, merciful, and kind to others, which is opposed to envy; is the life of the flesh Procures and maintains the health and vigour of the whole body; but envy the rottenness of the bones It wasteth the spirits, or consumeth even the strongest and most... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 14:1-35

Hidden feelings and motives (14:1-35)Wisdom builds, but folly destroys. People’s actions reveal their attitude to God (14:1-2). The wisdom of their speech and their commitment to hard work are among the things that determine whether they progress or come to ruin (3-5). Those who think they know everything can never become truly wise and therefore can never have right discernment in the moral issues of life (6-8).Good people may prosper and evil people may suffer loss, but outward appearances do... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 14:30

"A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; But envy is the rottenness of the bones.""Bodily health comes with a tranquil mind, but passionate feelings are like rot in the bones."[33] However, it is wrong to limit the application of this to the physical body. The great Christian ideal is, "A quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty" (1 Timothy 2:2). 1 Peter 3:4 and Acts 19:36 also echo the thoughts of this proverb."Calmness of spirit gives room for the development of all the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 14:30

Proverbs 14:30. A sound heart— A joyful or congratulating heart; a heart which is rejoiced at the prosperity of others, and which derives from thence the greatest satisfaction to itself. This is the import of the word מרפא marpei, which we render sound, according to Schultens; and certainly the contrast to the next clause is thus well preserved. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 14:30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 14:30

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 14:30

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 14:28-35

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 14:30

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 14:30

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 14:30

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 14:1-35

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 14:30

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 14:30

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