Proverbs 18:14
With a brave spirit you can put up with sickness, but if it's crushed, you can't bear it.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
In Context
13Replying before hearing is stupidity and shame.
15An intelligent mind acquires knowledge; the wise are ready to hear knowledge.
Cross References
Job 1:20Then Job stood up and tore his robe. Then cut off his hair and fell to the ground in worship.
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; their poison saps my spirit. God's terrors are lined up against me.
Job 10:15If I'm guilty I'm in trouble, if I'm innocent I can't hold my head high because I'm totally disgraced as I look at my sufferings.
Psalms 32:3When I kept quiet, my body fell apart as I groaned in distress all day long.
Psalms 42:10The mocking of my attackers crushes my bones. They're always asking me, “Where is your God?”
Psalms 55:5I'm in a panic, trembling with fear; feelings of horror wash over 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 →