Proverbs 18:14

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Proverbs 18:14

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

Spirit

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Bible References

Spirit

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

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.

He heals the brokenhearted, binding up their injuries.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

But

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

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

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

""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!

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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