Proverbs 18:14

New King James Version

The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness, But who can bear a broken spirit?

Cross References

Job 6:4

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

Psalm 109:22

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

Psalm 147:3

He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds.

Psalm 55:3

Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they bring down trouble upon me, And in wrath they hate me.

Psalm 55:5

Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, And horror has overwhelmed me.

Exodus 6:9

So Moses spoke thus to the children of Israel; but they did not heed Moses, because of anguish of spirit and cruel bondage.

Proverbs 15:13

A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance, But by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

Proverbs 17:22

A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and more abundantly toward you.

2 Corinthians 2:7

so that, on the contrary, you ought rather to forgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up with too much sorrow.

James 1:2

My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials,

1 Peter 1:6

In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials,