Devine Scripture

Proverbs 18:14

Proverbs chapter 18 · verse 14 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.13He that giveth answer before he heareth, It is folly and shame unto him.

v.14This passage

v.15The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 55:3

    Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they cast iniquity upon me, And in anger they persecute me.

  • Proverbs 17:22

    A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

  • Psalms 32:3

    When I kept silence, my bones wasted away Through my groaning all the day long.

  • Mark 14:33

    And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly amazed, and sore troubled.

  • 2 Corinthians 2:7

    so that contrariwise ye should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his overmuch sorrow.

  • Job 6:4

    For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.