Proverbs 18:14
The ruach ish will sustain him in sickness, 1 but a crushed ruach who can bear? 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
In Context
15The lev of the prudent acquireth da'as, 1 and the ozen of the chachamim seeketh da'as. 1
Cross References
Job 1:20Then Iyov arose, and made the keri'ah on his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshiped,
Job 6:4For the khitzim (arrows) of Shaddai are in me, 1 the poison whereof drinketh my ruach; 1 the terrors of Eloah do set themselves in array against me. 1
Job 10:15If I am guilty, woe unto me; 1 even if I be tzaddik (innocent), yet will I not lift up my head, 1 being full of kalon (shame) and conscious of my oni (misery), 1
Psalms 32:3When I kept silent, + 32:3 i.e., refused to confess my sin, which was still naked and uncovered (see 32:1 ) and had no kapporah covering for my guilt before G-d my atzmot wasted away 1 through my groaning kol hayom (all the day). 1
Psalms 42:10I will say unto El Sali (G-d my Rock), 1 Why hast Thou forgotten me? 1 Why go I mourning 1 because of the oppression of the oyev (enemy)? + 42:10 Mt 27:46 1
Psalms 55:5My lev writhes within me; 1 and the terrors of mavet are fallen upon me. 1
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 →