THEOSISProverbs 18:14Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The spirit of a man upholdeth his infirmity: but a spirit that is easily angered, who can bear?
רֽוּחַ־אִ֭ישׁ יְכַלְכֵּ֣ל מַחֲלֵ֑הוּ וְר֥וּחַ נְ֝כֵאָ֗ה מִ֣י יִשָּׂאֶֽנָּה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 15:13A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by grief of mind the spirit is cast down.
- Prov 17:22A joyful mind maketh age flourishing: a sorrowful spirit drieth up the bones.
- 2 Cor 12:9And he said to me: My grace is sufficient for thee: for power is made perfect in infirmity. Gladly therefore will I glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
- 2 Cor 12:10For which cause I please myself in my infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ. For when I am weak, then am I powerful.
- 1 Pet 1:6Wherein you shalt greatly rejoice, if now you must be for a little time made sorrowful in divers temptations:
- Ps 147 (146/147):3
- Jas 1:2My brethren, count it all joy, when you shall fall into divers temptations:
- 2 Cor 2:7So that on the contrary, you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.