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Verse Proverbs 18:14. _THE SPIRIT OF A MAN WILL SUSTAIN_] A man
sustains the ills of his body, and the trials of life, by the strength
and energy of his mind. But if the _mind_ be _wounded_, if this...
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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....
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CHAPTER 18 PROVERBS OF PERSONAL INSTRUCTION
There is first a warning against separation produced by desire, that
is for gratification and pleasure, and not for a righteous purpose.
Such a one becomes...
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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 friend...
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_a wounded spirit_ If the sustaining spirit be itself wounded or
broken, the burden becomes intolerable. It is the pathetic thought of
"the spirit which so long bore a man's infirmity, and then at las...
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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
contin...
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WHO CAN BEAR?— Or, _Who can raise it up?_...
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STUDY QUESTIONS OVER 18:13-24
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How is it folly to him (Proverbs 18:13)?
2.
How is it shame to him (Proverbs 18:13)?
3.
What would a doctor get out of Proverbs 18:14?
4.
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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 office of t...
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18:14 bear? (c-15) Or 'can raise it up.'...
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BEAR] RM 'raise up.'...
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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, 'The
ali...
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Your spirit needs to be strong. Your spirit can help you when your
body is weak. If your spirit is weak, then you will struggle.
Our spirits will become strong, if we trust God. Like our bodies, our...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 18
V1 An unfriendly man is selfish.
He is not sensible.
V2 A foo
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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
with...
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רֽוּחַ ־אִ֭ישׁ יְכַלְכֵּ֣ל
מַחֲלֵ֑הוּ וְ ר֥וּחַ...
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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 a nat...
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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
"q...
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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....
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_Infirmity of the flesh, Matthew xxvi. 41. --- That is. Theodotion,
"is wounded, who shall support?"_...
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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
he...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
followe...
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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
forti...
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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 r...
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_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...
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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 CAN BEAR...
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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 its o...
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Proverbs 18:14 spirit H7307 man H376 sustain H3557 (H8770) sickness
H4245 bear H5375 (H8799) broken H5218 spirit
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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).
In this subsection we have an emphasis on...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The only zone of safety is the name of the Lord which is
the strong tower in which one may find rest and be fortified again...
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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, a...
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_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. And...
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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 18:4, t...
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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 INTERMEDDLETH W...
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Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeks and
intermeddleth with all wisdom. A fool has no delight in understanding,
but that his heart may discover itself. When the wicked comes, then
com...
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1 Peter 1:6; 2 Corinthians 1:12; 2 Corinthians 12:10; 2 Corinthians
12:9;...
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Sustain — Will easily support him under any outward troubles.
Wounded — Dejected with the sense of its own guilt and misery....