Verse 30
30. A sound heart is… life of the flesh Literally, a heart of healing. “A tranquil heart.” Conant. “A soothing heart.” Stuart. “A quiet heart.” Noyes. “A quiet spirit.” Zockler. The health of the heart, and the proper circulation of the blood, are the means of life and health to every part of the body. If the heart be diseased there can be no sound health nor great length of life. But the heart is here taken tropically for the moral state, moral or spiritual health, soundness of moral or religions principles, and the proper regulation of the passions and appetites. Such a state tends to life natural, spiritual, and eternal.
But envy Standing here, perhaps, as the representative of any intense evil passion.
The rottenness of the bones An eating, corroding principle, acting slowly but surely; preventing and counteracting the effects of nourishment. On “envy,” compare Job 5:2; Psalms 112:10; Acts 7:9; Romans 1:29; James 4:5. On “rottenness of bones,” compare Proverbs 12:4; Proverbs 17:22.
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