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Proverbs 18:14

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

KJV

Spiritus viri sustentat imbecillitatem suam ; spiritum vero ad irascendum facilem quis poterit sustinere ?

Vulgate

θυμὸν ἀνδρὸς πρᾳύνει θεράπων φρόνιμος, ὀλιγόψυχον δὲ ἄνδρα τίς ὑποίσει;

LXX

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; But a broken spirit who can bear?

ASV

רֽוּחַ אִ֭ישׁ יְכַלְכֵּ֣ל מַחֲלֵ֑/הוּ וְ/ר֥וּחַ נְ֝כֵאָ֗ה מִ֣י יִשָּׂאֶֽ/נָּה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
ךָ
k
verb · 37×
מִ֣י
my
particle · 420×
מַחֲלָֽה
mchlh
noun · 6×
נְ֝כֵאָ֗ה
nk'h
adjective · 4×
ר֣וּחַ
rvch
noun · 377×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 1:6 — Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
  • 2Cor 1:12 — For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and mor
  • 2Cor 2:7 — So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
  • 2Cor 7:10 — For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
  • 2Cor 12:9 — And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon m
  • Jas 1:2 — My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
  • Job 1:20 — Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
  • Job 2:7 — So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
  • Job 6:4 — For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
  • Job 6:4 — For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
  • Job 7:14 — Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
  • Mark 14:33 — And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;
  • Prov 12:25 — Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
  • Prov 14:10 — The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
  • Prov 15:4 — A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
  • Prov 15:13 — A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
  • Prov 15:13 — A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
  • Prov 17:22 — A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
  • Prov 17:22 — A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
  • Ps 30:9 — What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
  • Ps 38:2 — For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
  • Ps 42:10 — As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
  • Ps 55:3 — Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
  • Ps 55:5 — Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
  • Ps 77:2 — In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
  • Ps 77:2 — In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
  • Ps 88:14 — LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
  • Ps 147:3 — He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
  • Rom 5:3 — And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
  • Rom 8:35 — Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?