Proverbs 18:14

A resilient spirit can endure hardship, but a crushed spirit is unbearable. Inner spiritual strength is vital, especially in suffering.

Cross-references · 25

• Prov 15:13A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.
• Prov 17:22A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
• 2 Cor 12:9–10But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
• 1 Pet 1:6In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials
• Ps 147:3He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
• Jas 1:2Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,
• 2 Cor 2:7So instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
• Ps 77:2–3In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
• Mark 14:33–34He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed.
• Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
• Ps 88:14–16Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
• Job 7:14–15then You frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,
• Job 2:7–10So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.
• Ps 42:10–11Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
• Ps 38:2–4For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
• Rom 5:3–5Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
• Ps 55:3at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they release disaster upon me and revile me in their anger.
• Rom 8:35–37Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
• Ps 55:5Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
• Ps 30:9–10“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?
• Job 1:20–21Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,
• 2 Cor 1:12And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.
• Ps 32:3–4When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
• Ps 109:22For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.
• Job 10:15–17If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.

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