New American Standard Bible 2020
Proverbs 18:14
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 a person is haughty, But humility goes before honor. 13One who gives an answer before he hears, It is foolishness and shame to him. The spirit of a person can endure his sickness, But as for a broken spirit, who can endure it? 15The mind of the discerning acquires knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeks knowledge. 16A person’s gift makes room for him And brings him before great people.
Read all of Proverbs 18Proverbs 18:14 word by word
רֽוּחַ־אִ֭ישׁ יְכַלְכֵּ֣ל מַחֲלֵ֑הוּ וְר֥וּחַ נְ֝כֵאָ֗ה מִ֣י יִשָּׂאֶֽנָּה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 18:14
- Job 1:20Then Job got up, tore his robe, and shaved his head; then he fell to the ground and worshiped.
- Job 2:7Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and struck Job with severe boils from the sole of his foot to the top of his head.
- Psalms 147:3He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds.
- Romans 5:3And not only this, but we also celebrate in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance;
- Romans 8:35Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or trouble, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
- 2 Corinthians 1:12For our proud confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you.
- 2 Corinthians 12:9And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
- James 1:2Consider it all joy, my brothers and sisters, when you encounter various trials,
- 1 Peter 1:6In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials,
- Proverbs 17:22A joyful heart is good medicine, But a broken spirit dries up the bones.
- Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, My spirit drinks their poison; The terrors of God line up against me.
- Job 7:14Then You frighten me with dreams, And terrify me by visions,
- Job 10:15If I am wicked, woe to me! But if I am righteous, I dare not lift up my head. I am full of shame, and conscious of my misery.
- Psalms 30:9“What gain is there in my blood, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness?
- Psalms 32:3When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long.
- Psalms 38:2For Your arrows have sunk deep into me, And Your hand has pressed down on me.
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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Notes
- 1. Proverbs 18:14 Prov 17:22 ↩
- 2. Proverbs 18:14 Prov 15:13 ↩
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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