American Standard Version
Proverbs 18:14
14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity;But a broken spirit who can bear?
Proverbs 18:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
- New International Version (NIV)The human spirit can endure in sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?
- English Standard Version (ESV)A man's spirit will endure sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?
- New King James Version (NKJV)The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness, But who can bear a broken spirit?
Context of Proverbs 18:14
12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; And before honorgoethhumility. 13He that giveth answer before he heareth, It is folly and shame unto him. The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; But a broken spirit who can bear? 15The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge. 16A man’s gift maketh room for him, And bringeth him before great men.
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רֽוּחַ־אִ֭ישׁ יְכַלְכֵּ֣ל מַחֲלֵ֑הוּ וְר֥וּחַ נְ֝כֵאָ֗ה מִ֣י יִשָּׂאֶֽנָּה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 18:14
- Job 1:20Then Job arose, and rent his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped;
- Job 2:7So Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
- Psalms 147:3He healeth the broken in heart, And bindeth up their wounds.
- Romans 5:3And not only so, but we also rejoice in our tribulations: knowing that tribulation worketh stedfastness;
- Romans 8:35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
- 2 Corinthians 1:12For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
- 2 Corinthians 12:9And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
- James 1:2Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations;
- 1 Peter 1:6Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold trials,
- Proverbs 17:22A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
- Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
- Job 7:14Then thou scarest me with dreams, And terrifiest me through visions:
- Job 10:15If I be wicked, woe unto me; And if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head; Being filled with ignominy, And looking upon mine affliction.
- Psalms 30:9What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
- Psalms 32:3When I kept silence, my bones wasted away Through my groaning all the day long.
- Psalms 38:2For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore.
Commentaries on Proverbs 18:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14The spirit of a man will sustain - A man sustains the ills of his body, and the trials of life, by the strength and energy of his mind. But if the mind be scoundrel, if this be cast down, if slow-consuming care and grief have shot the dagger into the soul, what can then sustain the man? Nothing but the unseen God. Therefore, let the afflicted pray. A man's own spirit has, in general, sufficient fortitude to bear up under the unavoidable trials of life…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Infirmity - Bodily pain or trouble. “Spirit” in the Hebrew text is masculine in the first clause, feminine in the second, as though used in the latter as having lost its strength.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14Verse 14 Firmness of mind supports under many pains and trials. But when the conscience is tortured with remorse, no human fortitude can bear the misery; what then will hell be?Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14A spiritual or emotional problem, like a crushed spirit, can be more challenging than a physical illness.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. infirmity--bodily sickness, or outward evil. The spirit, which sustains, being wounded, no support is left, except, as implied, in God.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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