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Proverbs 18:14–16

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The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
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From verse 14

  1. Proverbs 15:13Rank 1 from verse 14
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    13A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

  2. Proverbs 17:22Rank 2 from verse 14
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    22A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

  3. 2 Corinthians 12:9–10Rank 3 from verse 14
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    9And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

    10Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

  4. 1 Peter 1:6Rank 4 from verse 14
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    6Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

  5. James 1:2Rank 5 from verse 14
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    2My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

  6. Psalms 147:3Rank 6 from verse 14
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    3He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

  7. 2 Corinthians 2:7Rank 7 from verse 14
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    7So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

  8. Psalms 77:2–3Rank 8 from verse 14
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    2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.

    3I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.

  9. Job 2:7–10Rank 9 from verse 14
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    7¶ So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

    8And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

    9¶ Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.

    10But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

  10. Job 6:4Rank 10 from verse 14
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    4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

  11. Job 7:14–15Rank 11 from verse 14
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    14Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:

    15So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

  12. Mark 14:33–34Rank 12 from verse 14
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    33And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;

    34And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.

  13. Psalms 38:2–4Rank 13 from verse 14
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    2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

    3There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

    4For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

  14. Psalms 42:10–11Rank 14 from verse 14
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    10As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?

    11Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

  15. Psalms 88:14–16Rank 15 from verse 14
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    14Lord, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?

    15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

    16Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

  16. 2 Corinthians 1:12Rank 16 from verse 14
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    12For 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 conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

  17. Job 1:20–21Rank 17 from verse 14
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    20Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,

    21And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.

  18. Psalms 30:9–10Rank 18 from verse 14
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    9What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

    10Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me: Lord, be thou my helper.

  19. Psalms 55:3Rank 19 from verse 14
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    3Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.

  20. Psalms 55:5Rank 20 from verse 14
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    5Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.

  21. Romans 5:3–5Rank 21 from verse 14
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    3And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

    4And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

    5And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

  22. Romans 8:35–37Rank 22 from verse 14
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    35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

    36As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

    37Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

  23. Psalms 109:22Rank 23 from verse 14
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    22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

  24. Psalms 32:3–4Rank 24 from verse 14
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    3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

    4For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

  25. Job 10:15–17Rank 25 from verse 14
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    15If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;

    16For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.

    17Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.

From verse 15

  1. James 1:5Rank 1 from verse 15
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    5If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

  2. Proverbs 15:14Rank 2 from verse 15
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    14The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

  3. Luke 10:39Rank 3 from verse 15
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    39And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word.

  4. Proverbs 1:5Rank 4 from verse 15
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    5A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

  5. Proverbs 9:9Rank 5 from verse 15
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    9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

  6. 1 Kings 3:9Rank 6 from verse 15
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    9Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

  7. Proverbs 23:23Rank 7 from verse 15
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    23Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

  8. Proverbs 4:7Rank 8 from verse 15
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    7Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

  9. Psalms 119:97–104Rank 9 from verse 15
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    97O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

    98Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.

    99I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.

    100I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

    101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

    102I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.

    103How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

    104Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

  10. Proverbs 10:14Rank 10 from verse 15
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    14Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

  11. Proverbs 4:5Rank 11 from verse 15
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    5Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

  12. 2 Timothy 3:15–17Rank 12 from verse 15
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    15And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

    16All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

    17That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

  13. Luke 8:8–10Rank 13 from verse 15
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    8And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

    9And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?

    10And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.

From verse 16

  1. Proverbs 19:6Rank 1 from verse 16
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    6Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

  2. Genesis 33:10Rank 2 from verse 16
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    10And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.

  3. Genesis 43:11Rank 3 from verse 16
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    11And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:

  4. 1 Samuel 25:27Rank 4 from verse 16
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    27And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.

  5. Proverbs 17:8Rank 5 from verse 16
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    8A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

  6. Genesis 32:20Rank 6 from verse 16
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    20And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.

  7. Proverbs 21:14Rank 7 from verse 16
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    14A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.

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Proverbs 18:14

COMBINED MEANING

spirit

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Sense 1: An immaterial living or personal being distinct from a body. Sense 2: The inward life, disposition, mind, or courage of a person. Sense 3: The Holy Spirit, the divine Spirit of God.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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infirmity

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Weakness, frailty, sickness, disability, or a bodily infirm condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

wounded

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1. Physically injured, pierced, struck, or hurt. 2. Inwardly hurt or afflicted in heart or spirit.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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bear

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Sense 1: To carry, support, convey, endure, sustain, or be answerable for. Sense 2: To produce or bring forth offspring, fruit, or another result. Sense 3: In ‘bear witness’ or ‘bear record,’ to testify or give witness. Sense 4: A large wild animal.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Proverbs 18:15

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heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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prudent

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Wise, discerning, thoughtful, circumspect, and careful in judgment or conduct.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616

COMBINED MEANING

ear

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Sense 1: The organ of hearing. Sense 2: The seed-bearing head of grain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

wise

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Sense 1: Possessing or exercising understanding, knowledge, prudence, judgment, discernment, or skill; also a wise person. Sense 2: In phrases such as in no wise, way, manner, respect, or degree.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 18:16

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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gift

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Sense 1: Something given or bestowed; a present. Sense 2: An endowment or ability. Sense 3: A bribe.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

maketh

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Third-person singular present form of make (to form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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18:13He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

18:14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

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18:15The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

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18:16A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.

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18:17He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.

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