Proverbs 14:30
“A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
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,…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Sound heart - literally, “heart of health,” that in which all emotions and appetites are in a healthy equilibrium. The…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714
The foregoing verse showed how much our reputation, this how much our health, depends on the good government of our…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
sound Or, tranquil, R.V. marg. (deriving the word from another root). See Pro 15:4 and comp. Ecc 10:4, where the same…
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