Proverbs 18:14

How To Avoid Fools And Foolishness

¹³ Whoever answers before listening is both foolish and shameful. ¹⁴ A man's spirit can sustain him during his illness, but who can bear a crushed spirit? ¹⁵ The mind of a discerning person gains knowledge, while the ears of wise people seek out knowledge.

Lifted Up

Spirit of Man

Proverbs 15:13

A happy heart enlightens the face, but a sad heart reflects a broken spirit.

Proverbs 17:22

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit drains one's strength.

Job 1:20-21

Then Job stood up, tore his robe, shaved his head, fell to the ground, bowed very low,

Job 2:7-10

So Satan left the LORD's presence and struck Job with terrible boils from the sole of his feet to the top of his head.

Job 6:4

"The arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit absorbs their poison; God's terrors have been arranged just for me!

Job 7:14-15

But then you scared me with dreams; you terrified me with visions.

Job 10:15-17

""Woe to me if I'm guilty! If I'm innocent, I cannot lift my head, because I am filled with disgrace. Look at my affliction!

Psalm 30:9-10

"What profit is there in my death if I go down to the Pit? Can dust worship you? Can it proclaim your faithfulness?"

Psalm 32:3-4

When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away by my groaning all day long.

Psalm 38:2-4

because your arrows have sunk deep into me, and your hand has come down hard on me.

Psalm 42:10-11

Like the shattering of my bones are the taunts of my oppressors, saying to me all day long, "Where is your God?"

Psalm 55:3

because of the voice of the enemy, and because of the oppression of the wicked. They bring down evil upon me, and in anger they hate me.

Psalm 55:5

Fear and trembling have overwhelmed me, and horror has covered me.

Psalm 77:2-3

When I was in distress, I sought the Lord; my hands were raised at night and they did not grow weary. I refused to be comforted.

Psalm 88:14-16

Why, LORD, have you rejected me? Why have you hidden your face from me?

Psalm 109:22

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

Psalm 147:3

He heals the brokenhearted, binding up their injuries.

Mark 14:33-34

He took Peter, James, and John along with him, and he began to feel distressed and troubled.

Romans 5:3-5

Not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

Romans 8:35-37

Who will separate us from the Messiah's love? Can trouble, distress, persecution, hunger, nakedness, danger, or a violent death do this?

2 Corinthians 1:12

For this is what we boast about: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world with pure motives and godly sincerity, without earthly wisdom but with God's grace especially toward you.

2 Corinthians 2:7

So forgive and comfort him, or else he will drown in his excessive grief.

2 Corinthians 12:9-10

but he has told me, "My grace is all you need, because my power is perfected in weakness." Therefore, I will most happily boast about my weaknesses, so that the Messiah's power may rest on me.

James 1:2

Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you are involved in various trials,

1 Peter 1:6

You greatly rejoice in this, even though you have to suffer various kinds of trials for a little while,