Proverbs 18:14

How To Avoid Fools And Foolishness

¹³ If one answers a matter before he hears, it is folly and shame to him. ¹⁴ The spirit of a man will nourish his sickness, but a wounded spirit who can bear? ¹⁵ The heart of the prudent gets knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

Lifted Up

Spirit of Man

Proverbs 15:13

A merry heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

Proverbs 17:22

A merry heart does good like a medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.

Job 1:20-21

And Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground and worshiped.

Job 2:7-10

And Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah and struck Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to the top of his head.

Job 6:4

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, their fury is drinking my spirit; the terrors of God are set against me.

Job 7:14-15

then You scare me with dreams, and terrify me with visions;

Job 10:15-17

If I am wicked, woe to me; and if I am righteous, I will not lift up my head, being filled with shame, and looking on my affliction.

Psalm 30:9-10

What profit is in my blood, in going down to the pit? Shall the dust praise You? Shall it tell of Your truth?

Psalm 32:3-4

When I kept silence, my bones became old through my roaring all the day long.

Psalm 38:2-4

For Your arrows stick fast in me, and Your hand presses heavily on me.

Psalm 42:10-11

As with a sword in my bones, my enemies shame me; while they say daily to me, Where is your God?

Psalm 55:3

from the voice of the enemy, from the oppression of the wicked, for they shake trouble over me, and in wrath they hate me.

Psalm 55:5

Fear and trembling have come on me, and horror has covered me.

Psalm 77:2-3

In the day of my trouble I sought Jehovah; my hand was poured in the night, and ceased not; my soul refused to be comforted.

Psalm 88:14-16

O Jehovah, why do You cast off my soul? Why do You hide Your face from me?

Psalm 109:22

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

Psalm 147:3

He heals the broken-hearted, and binds up their wounds.

Mark 14:33-34

And He took with Him Peter and James and John. And He began to be greatly amazed, and to be very heavy.

Romans 5:3-5

And not only this, but we glory in afflictions also, knowing that afflictions work out patience,

Romans 8:35-37

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity; not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God; we have had our conduct in the world, and more abundantly toward you.

2 Corinthians 2:7

so that, on the contrary, you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overwhelming sorrow.

2 Corinthians 12:9-10

And He said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may overshadow me.

James 1:2

My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into different kinds of temptations,

1 Peter 1:6

in which you greatly rejoice, yet a little while, if need be, grieving in manifold temptations;