Proverbs 18:14
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity, but a broken spirit who can bear?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
In Context
13He who gives answer before he hears, it is folly and shame to him.
15The heart of a prudent man gets knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
Cross References
Job 1:20Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped.
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison of which my spirit drinks up. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
Job 10:15If I be wicked, woe to me. And if I be righteous, yet I shall not lift up my head, being filled with shame, and looking upon my affliction.
Psalms 32:3When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all the day long.
Psalms 42:10As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me; while they continually say to me, Where is thy God?
Psalms 55:5Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 18:14
13 He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him. See here how men often expose themselves by that very thing by which they hope to gain applause. 1. Some take a pride in being quick. They answer a matter before they hear it, hear it out, nay, as soon as they but hear of it. They think it is their honour to take up a cause suddenly; and, when they have heard one side, they think the matter so plain that they need not trouble themselves to hear the other; they are already apprized… Read the whole commentary →