Verse 14

A person's spirit sustains him in sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:13 : 13 A joyful heart makes a cheerful face, but a heart full of sorrow crushes the spirit.
  • Prov 17:22 : 22 A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
  • 2 Cor 12:9-9 : 9 But He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.' Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore, I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
  • Jas 1:2 : 2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of various kinds,
  • 1 Pet 1:6 : 6 In this you rejoice greatly, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials,
  • Ps 147:3 : 3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
  • Mark 14:33-34 : 33 He took Peter, James, and John along with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled. 34 He said to them, "My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch."
  • Rom 5:3-5 : 3 Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance. 4 And endurance produces character, and character produces hope. 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
  • Rom 8:35-37 : 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written: 'For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.' 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For this is our boast: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity and godly sincerity, not relying on worldly wisdom but on God's grace.
  • 2 Cor 2:7 : 7 Instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
  • Job 1:20-21 : 20 At this, Job got up, tore his robe, shaved his head, and fell to the ground in worship. 21 He said, 'Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be blessed.'
  • Job 2:7-9 : 7 So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head. 8 Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes. 9 His wife said to him, 'Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!' 10 But he replied, 'You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?' In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
  • Job 6:4 : 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison. The terrors of God are arrayed against me.
  • Job 7:14-15 : 14 then you frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions. 15 I prefer strangling and death rather than this body of mine.
  • Job 10:15-17 : 15 If I am wicked, woe to me; if I am righteous, I dare not lift my head, filled with shame and seeing my misery. 16 If I rise up, You hunt me like a lion, and again show Your power against me. 17 You bring new witnesses against me and increase Your anger toward me, bringing forces and hostilities against me.
  • Ps 30:9-9 : 9 To You, O LORD, I call; to the Lord I plead for mercy: 10 What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness?
  • Ps 32:3-4 : 3 When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. 4 For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was drained as in the heat of summer. Selah.
  • Ps 38:2-4 : 2 O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. 3 For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down upon me. 4 There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no peace in my bones because of my sin.
  • Ps 42:10-11 : 10 I say to God, my rock: 'Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?' 11 With crushing pain in my bones, my enemies taunt me, saying to me all day long, 'Where is your God?'
  • Ps 55:3 : 3 Pay attention to me and answer me. My thoughts are restless, and I am distraught.
  • Ps 55:5 : 5 My heart trembles within me, and the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
  • Ps 77:2-3 : 2 My voice cries out to God, and I will call aloud; my voice reaches God, and He listens to me. 3 In the day of my trouble, I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out at night and did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
  • Ps 88:14-16 : 14 But I, LORD, cry to you for help; in the morning, my prayer comes before you. 15 Why, LORD, do you reject me and hide your face from me? 16 I have been afflicted and close to death since my youth; I have borne your terrors and am in despair.
  • Ps 109:22 : 22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.