Proverbs 18:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Proverbs 18:14 - Albert 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.
Proverbs 18:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but (h) a wounded spirit who can bear? (h) The mind can well bear the infirmity of the body, but when the spirit is wounded, it is hard to sustain.
Proverbs 18:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 18:1 . MT yields no satisfactory sense. The LXX reads The man who wishes to separate from his friends seeks pretexts, but is always liable to reproach. Frankenberg renders the alienated f...
Proverbs 18:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9. sustain, &c. Illustrations: Job ( Job 1:20 ; Job 1:21 ; Job 2:8 ; Job 2:9 ; Job 2:10 ); Paul ( 2 Corinthians 12:9 ; Acts 22:24 . Romans 5:3-5 ; Romans 5...
Proverbs 18:14 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 797 A WOUNDED SPIRIT Proverbs 18:14 . The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity: but a wounded spirit who can bear? MAN being placed in a world where troubles of various kinds...
Proverbs 18:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear? The spirit of a man will sustain - A man sustains the ills of his body, and the trials of life, by the strength and...
Proverbs 18:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Who can bear?— Or, Who can raise it up?
Proverbs 18:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear? The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity (of body): but a wounded spirit who can bear? It is the offic...
Proverbs 18:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Lit. 'One who separates himself seeks desire, quarrels with all wisdom.' This would mean that a solitary recluse follows his own wishes and opposes everything reasonable. But LXX suggests, 'Th...
Proverbs 18:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The spirit of a man. — That is, one properly so called, who draws his strength from God, will “sustain his infirmity,” help him to bear up against trouble; “but a wounded spirit” (not one crushed w...
Proverbs 18:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 19 THE EVIL OF ISOLATION "He that separates himself follows after his own desire, but against all sound wisdom he shows his teeth."- Proverbs 18:1 FROM the value of friendship there is...
Proverbs 18:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 18:1 . The protest of this proverb is against the self-satisfaction which makes a man separate himself from the thoughts and opinions of others. Such a one finally "rages against," or...
Proverbs 18:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit. Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility. He that answereth a matter before he h...
Proverbs 18:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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 fo...
Proverbs 18:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear? Ver. 14. The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity. ] Some sorry shift a man may make to bustle with, and to...
Proverbs 18:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The spirit of a man That is, his soul, namely, not wounded, as appears by the opposite branch of the verse, and which is vigorous and cheerful, supported by a sense of God's love, the consciousness...
Proverbs 18:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear? Note, 1. Outward grievances are tolerable as long as the mind enjoys itself and is at ease. Many...
Proverbs 18:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The spirit, i.e. the soul, to wit, which is unwounded, as appears by the opposite branch of the verse; which is vigorous and cheerful, supported by the sense of God's love, and the conscience of it...
Proverbs 18:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Tongue Affects Man In Many Ways, Making Him Strong And Wise, And Giving Him Life, Or Causing Him Great Grief, Finally Resulting In Death ( Proverbs 18:14-21 ). In this subsection we have an em...
Proverbs 18:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 18:14 . Infirmity, i.e. , sickness, disease of body. As in similar verses, Miller translates “a wounded spirit:” a spirit of upbraiaing . Here again, as in Proverbs...
Proverbs 18:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 18:1 . Through desire a man having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. יתגלע yithgalâ; this word occurs but thrice, and only in the book of Proverbs; viz. here...
Proverbs 18:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear? Sustaining our infirmities The sufferings of this life are not disproportioned to our strength to bear them. A...
Proverbs 18:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 18:1 This is a difficult verse, and has obtained various interpretations. The Authorized Version gives, Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and inte...
Proverbs 18:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 14. The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity, a strong and courageous mind supporting him in bodily sickness or weakness; but a wounded spirit, one bowed and broken by adversity, who ca...
Proverbs 18:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 1:6 ; 2 Corinthians 1:12 ; 2 Corinthians 12:10 ; 2 Corinthians 12:9 ; 2 Corinthians 2:7 ; James 1:2 ; Job 1:20 ; Job 1:21 ; Job 10:15-17 ; Job 2:7-10 ; Job 6:4 ; Job 7:14 ; Job 7...
Proverbs 18:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Sustain — Will easily support him under any outward troubles. Wounded — Dejected with the sense of its own guilt and misery.

Proverbs 18:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 18:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 18:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 18:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 18:14 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Proverbs 18:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 18:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 18:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 18:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 18:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 18:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 18:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 18:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 18:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 18:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 18:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 18:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 18:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 18:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 18:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 18:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 18:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 18:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 18:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 18:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 18:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes