Proverbs 18:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The human spirit will endure sickness, but a broken spirit—who can bear?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

The strong spirit of a man sustains him in bodily pain or trouble, but a weak and broken spirit who can raise up or bear?

American Standard Version (1901)

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; But a broken spirit who can bear?

Common English Bible

The human spirit sustains a sick person, but who can bear a broken spirit?

Catholic Public Domain Version

The spirit of a man sustains his weakness. Yet who can sustain a spirit that is easily angered?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

The spirit of a man upholdeth his infirmity: but a spirit that is easily angered, who can bear?

Proverbs 18:14 Cross References

Job 6:4

For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

Psalm 109:22

For I am poor and needy, and my heart is pierced within me.

Psalm 147:3

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

Psalm 55:3

by the noise of the enemy, because of the clamor of the wicked. For they bring trouble upon me, and in anger they bear a grudge against me.

Psalm 55:5

Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me.

Exodus 6:9

Moses told this to the Israelites, but they would not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and their cruel slavery.

Proverbs 15:13

A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

Proverbs 17:22

A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.

2 Corinthians 1:12

Indeed, this is our boast, the testimony of our conscience: we have behaved in the world with holiness and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God—and all the more toward you.

2 Corinthians 2:7

so now instead you should forgive and console him, so that he may not be overwhelmed by even worse grief.

James 1:2

My brothers and sisters, whenever you face various trials, consider it all joy,

1 Peter 1:6

In this you rejoice, even if now for a little while you have had to suffer various trials,