Proverbs 18:14
A man’s spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?
World Messianic Bible
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 answers before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.
15The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. 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 on the ground, and worshiped.
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
Job 10:15If I am wicked, woe to me. If I am righteous, I still will not lift up my head, being filled with disgrace, and conscious of my affliction.
Psalms 32:3When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
Psalms 42:10As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me, while they continually ask me, “Where is your God?”
Psalms 55:5Fearfulness and trembling have come on me. 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 →