Proverbs 18:14
The spirit of a man, sustaineth his sickness, but, a dejected spirit, who can bear it?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
In Context
13He that answereth before he heareth, a folly, it is to him, and, a reproach.
15the heart of the intelligent, acquireth knowledge, yea, the ear of the wise, seeketh knowledge.
Cross References
Job 1:20Then Job arose, and rent his robe, and shaved his head, and fell to the earth and worshipped;
Job 6:4For, the arrows of the Almighty, are in me, The heat whereof, my spirit is drinking up, The, terrors of GOD, array themselves against me.
Job 10:15If I have been lawless, alas for me! Or, if I am righteous, I will not lift up my head, Surfeited with shame, look thou then on my humiliation.
Psalms 32:3When I kept silence, my bones became worn out, Through my groaning all the day;
Psalms 42:10With a crushing of my bones, have my adversaries reproached me,—While they keep saying unto me all the day, Where is thy God?
Psalms 55:5Fear and trembling, would enter me, And there would have overwhelmed me—a horror!
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 →