Proverbs 18:14 (BSB)

The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit?

From Proverbs 18. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 18:14

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 18:14: Note, 1. Outward grievances are tolerable as long as the mind enjoys itself and is at ease. Many infirmities, many calamities, we are liable to in this world, in body, name, and estate, which a man may bear, and bear up under, if he have but good conduct and courage, and be able to act with reason and resolution, especially if he have a good...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 18:14: 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 fortitude; that has a spirit of might upon him, of power, and sound mind; a man of a Christian spirit, that is renewed in the spirit of his mind; who...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 18:14: infirmity--bodily sickness, or outward evil. The spirit, which sustains, being wounded, no support is left, except, as implied, in God.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 18:14: The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but 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.