the Week of Proper 17 / Ordinary 22
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Proverbs 18:14
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A person’s spirit can endure sickness,but who can survive a broken spirit?
A man's spirit will sustain him in sickness, But a crushed spirit who can bear?
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
A man's spirit will endure sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?
The spirit of a person can endure his sickness, But as for a broken spirit, who can endure it?
The will to live can get you through sickness, but no one can live with a broken spirit.
The spirit of a man sustains him in sickness, But as for a broken spirit, who can bear it?
A man's spirit will sustain him in sickness, But a crushed spirit who can bear?
The spirit of a man will susteine his infirmitie: but a wounded spirit who can beare it?
The spirit of a man can endure his sickness,But as for a broken spirit, who can bear it?
The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit?
Being cheerful helps when we are sick, but nothing helps when we give up.
A person's spirit can sustain him when ill, but a crushed spirit — who can bear it?
The spirit of a man sustaineth his infirmity; but a broken spirit who can bear?
A good attitude will support you when you are sick, but if you give up, nothing can help.
The spirit of a man will endure his suffering; but a distressing spirit, who can bear?
Your will to live can sustain you when you are sick, but if you lose it, your last hope is gone.
The spirit of a man will endure his sickness, but a broken spirit, who may bear it?
The spirit of a man will nourish his sickness, but who can bear a wounded spirit?
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; But a broken spirit who can bear?
The spirit of a man will be his support when he is ill; but how may a broken spirit be lifted up?
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a broken spirit who can bear?
The spirit of a man will sustaine his infirmitie: but a wounded spirit who can beare?
A good stomacke beareth out sickenesse: but the minde beyng sicke, who shall heale it?
A wise servant calms a man’s anger; but who can endure a faint-hearted man?
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a broken spirit who can bear?
The spirit of a man susteyneth his feblenesse; but who may susteyne a spirit liyt to be wrooth?
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; But a broken spirit who can bear?
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
A person's spirit sustains him through sickness— but who can bear a crushed spirit?
The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness, But who can bear a broken spirit?
The human spirit can endure a sick body, but who can bear a crushed spirit?
The spirit of a man can help him through his sickness, but who can carry a broken spirit?
The human spirit will endure sickness; but a broken spirit—who can bear?
The spirit of a man, sustaineth his sickness, but, a dejected spirit, who can bear it?
The spirit of a man upholdeth his infirmity: but a spirit that is easily angered, who can bear?
A man's spirit will endure sickness; but a broken spirit who can bear?
The spirit of a man sustaineth his sickness, And a smitten spirit who doth bear?
A healthy spirit conquers adversity, but what can you do when the spirit is crushed?
The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, But as for a broken spirit who can bear it?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
spirit: Job 1:20, Job 1:21, Job 2:7-10, Psalms 147:3, Romans 5:3-5, Romans 8:35-37, 2 Corinthians 1:12, 2 Corinthians 12:9, 2 Corinthians 12:10, James 1:2, 1 Peter 1:6
but: Proverbs 17:22, Job 6:4, Job 7:14, Job 7:15, Job 10:15-17, Psalms 30:9, Psalms 30:10, Psalms 32:3, Psalms 32:4, Psalms 38:2-4, Psalms 42:10, Psalms 42:11, Psalms 55:3, Psalms 55:5, Psalms 77:2, Psalms 77:3, Psalms 88:14-16, Psalms 109:22, Mark 14:33, Mark 14:34, 2 Corinthians 2:7
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 4:27 - vexed Psalms 6:3 - My Proverbs 12:25 - Heaviness Proverbs 14:10 - heart Proverbs 15:4 - a breach Proverbs 15:13 - by 2 Corinthians 7:10 - the sorrow
Cross-References
But my couenaunt wyll I make wt Isaac, whom Sara shal beare vnto the, eue this tyme twolue moneth.
Annd the LORDE apeared vnto him in the Okegroue of Mamre, as he sat in his tent dore in the heate of ye daie.
And as he lift vp his eyes, and loked, beholde, there stode thre men ouer agaynst him. And whan he sawe them, he ranne to mete them from his tent dore, and bowed him self downe vpon the grounde,
Then sayde he: aboute this tyme twolue moneth, (yf I lyue) I will come to the agayne, and Sara thy wyfe shal haue a sonne. And Sara herde that out of the tent dore, which was behynde his backe.
The LORDE sayde vnto Moses: Is the LORDES hande shortened then? But now shalt thou se, whether my wordes shall be fulfilled in dede, or no?
Be not thou afrayed of them: for the LORDE thy God is in the myddes of the, euen the mightie and fearfull God.
then shal the LORDE thy God turne thy captiuyte, and haue compassion vpon the, and shal gather thy congregacion agayne from amonge all the nacions, whither the LORDE thy God hath scatered the.
And Ionathas sayde vnto his wapen bearer: Come, let vs go ouer to ye watch of these vncircumcised, peraduenture the LORDE shall worke with vs, For it is no harde matter for the LORDE to helpe by many or by fewe.
And he sayde: Aboute this tyme yf ye frute can lyue, thou shalt enbrace a sonne. She sayde: Alas, no my lorde, thou man of God, lye not vnto thy handmayden.
Beholde, God casteth not awaye ye mightie, for he himselff is mightie in power and wisdome.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity,.... The spirit of a mighty man, as Jarchi; a man of spirit, that has a spirit of fortitude, even of natural fortitude, and especially of Christian fortitude; that has a spirit of might upon him, of power, and sound mind; a man of a Christian spirit, that is renewed in the spirit of his mind; who is a spiritual man, and has the Spirit of God in him, as well as a rational soul, an immaterial, immortal, and never dying substance. Such a man will bear up under many trials and exercises of life; will support under bodily infirmities; will take patiently the loss Of friends and of substance; endure reproach, and the loss of a good name, credit, and reputation, cheerfully, for righteousness's sake; and suffer persecution for the sake of Christ, and his Gospel, with an undaunted and unbroken spirit: the peace of conscience he feels within; the presence of God with him; the love of God shed abroad in his heart; seeing all his afflictions flowing from love, and working for his good; and having in view the glories of another world; he bears up under and goes through all afflictions with ease and pleasure; his conscience is clear, his heart is whole, his mind is easy; his wounds being healed, his sins pardoned, and his soul saved in Chris;
but a wounded spirit who can bear? or a "smitten" w one, smitten by the Lord; by the word of the Lord, which he uses as a hammer to break rocky hearts in pieces; by the law of God, which produces wrath, and a looking for of fiery indignation; by the Spirit of God, awakening the conscience, and convicting it of sin, righteousness, and judgment; which smitings are very grievous, though they tend to bring to repentance; are in order to healing, and are in love. Or, "a broken spirit" x, as in Proverbs 17:22; broken with a sense of sin, and with an excess of sorrow for it; when a man becomes lifeless and hopeless, has no hope of life and salvation, and is in the utmost confusion; all his measures and purposes are broken, as well as his heart; he knows not what to do, nor what way to take; he is disconsolate, and refuses to be comforted; and which for the present is intolerable: though the Lord has a regard to such, is nigh unto them; has sent his son to bind up their broken hearts; yea, has himself been broken for them; and happy it is for them that they fall on him and are broken, and not he on them. Or, "a wounded spirit"; with a view of sin, as committed against the omniscient and omnipotent Being, a pure and holy God; a righteous one, whose nature is infinite; and so sin committed against him requires an infinite satisfaction, which a creature cannot give; and a God also, who is the author of their beings, and the Father of their mercies; all which makes sin against him the more cutting and wounding: likewise they are wounded with a view of the evil nature of sin, and the aggravated circumstances that attend it; and with the terrors of the law, that are set in array against them. And such a spirit "who can bear?" not without the sight of a wounded Saviour; or without a view of atonement by his sacrifice; or without the discoveries and applications of pardoning grace; or without a sense of peace and reconciliation made by the blood of Christ; or without some hope of salvation by him; and unless the good Samaritan pours in oil and wine into the wounds, and binds them up.
w נכאה "percussum", Pagninus, Baynus, Mercerus, Gejerus; "perculsum", Vatablus, Cocceius. x "Contritum", Montanus, Gejerus, Michaelis; "fractum", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Infirmity - Bodily pain or trouble. “Spirit” in the Hebrew text is masculine in the first clause, feminine in the second, as though used in the latter as having lost its strength.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 18:14. The spirit of a man will sustain — A man sustains the ills of his body, and the trials of life, by the strength and energy of his mind. But if the mind be wounded, if this be cast down, if slow-consuming care and grief have shot the dagger into the soul, what can then sustain the man? Nothing but the unseen God. Therefore, let the afflicted pray. A man's own spirit has, in general, sufficient fortitude to bear up under the unavoidable trials of life; but when the conscience is wounded by sin, and the soul is dying by iniquity, who can lift him up? God alone; for salvation is of the Lord.
