Proverbs 18:14

New American Bible - revised edition

One’s spirit supports one when ill, but a broken spirit who can bear?

Cross References

Job 6:4

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

Psalm 109:22

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

Psalm 147:3

Healing the brokenhearted, and binding up their wounds.

Psalm 55:3

hear me and give answer. I rock with grief; I groan

Psalm 55:5

My heart pounds within me; death’s terrors fall upon me.

Exodus 6:9

But when Moses told this to the Israelites, they would not listen to him because of their dejection and hard slavery.

Proverbs 15:13

A glad heart lights up the face, but an anguished heart breaks the spirit.

Proverbs 17:22

A joyful heart is the health of the body, but a depressed spirit dries up the bones.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, with the simplicity and sincerity of God, [and] not by human wisdom but by the grace of God.

2 Corinthians 2:7

so that on the contrary you should forgive and encourage him instead, or else the person may be overwhelmed by excessive pain.

James 1:2

Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials,

1 Peter 1:6

In this you rejoice, although now for a little while you may have to suffer through various trials,