Proverbs 18:14

רֽוּחַ ־ אִישׁ יְכַלְכֵּל מַחֲלֵהוּ וְרוּחַ נְכֵאָה מִי יִשָּׂאֶֽנָּה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

13מֵשִׁיב דָּבָר בְּטֶרֶם יִשְׁמָע אִוֶּלֶת הִיא ־ לוֹ וּכְלִמָּֽה ׃

15לֵב נָבוֹן יִקְנֶה ־ דָּעַת וְאֹזֶן חֲכָמִים תְּבַקֶּשׁ ־ דָּֽעַת ׃

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Cross References

Job 1:20וַיָּקָם אִיּוֹב וַיִּקְרַע אֶת ־ מְעִלוֹ וַיָּגָז אֶת ־ רֹאשׁוֹ וַיִּפֹּל אַרְצָה וַיִּשְׁתָּֽחוּ ׃

Job 6:4כִּי חִצֵּי שַׁדַּי עִמָּדִי אֲשֶׁר חֲמָתָם שֹׁתָה רוּחִי בִּעוּתֵי אֱלוֹהַּ יַֽעַרְכֽוּנִי ׃

Job 10:15אִם ־ רָשַׁעְתִּי אַלְלַי לִי וְצָדַקְתִּי לֹא ־ אֶשָּׂא רֹאשִׁי שְׂבַע קָלוֹן וּרְאֵה עָנְיִֽי ׃

Psalms 32:3כִּֽי ־ הֶחֱרַשְׁתִּי בָּלוּ עֲצָמָי בְּשַׁאֲגָתִי כָּל ־ הַיּֽוֹם ׃

Psalms 42:10אוֹמְרָה ׀ לְאֵל סַלְעִי לָמָה שְׁכַחְתָּנִי לָֽמָּה ־ קֹדֵר אֵלֵךְ בְּלַחַץ אוֹיֵֽב ׃

Psalms 55:5לִבִּי יָחִיל בְּקִרְבִּי וְאֵימוֹת מָוֶת נָפְלוּ עָלָֽי ׃

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 →

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