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Essay / An Analysis of Proverbs 18:14 - 556
Proverbs 18:14A man's spirit shall endure sickness; but a broken spirit, who can bear it? (KJV) King Solomon was inspired by the Holy Spirit and wrote Proverbs as if they were his children. Proverbs was written around 900 BC, during his reign as king of Israel. Proverbs is divided into nine sections and this chapter is part of the third section as the main collection of Proverbs of Solomon according to Biblestudytool.com. The kind of wisdom for this specific verse is self-improvement or self-focus. The main concept of this verse is the spirit of a man and the strength of the spirit. The word spirit in Hebrew is ruwach and it is used twice in this verse. According to Barnes' notes, the Spirit in the Hebrew test is masculine in the first clause, feminine in the second as if it had lost its strength. The Strong's number is H7307 and this word appears 248 times in the KJV. There are seven definitions of the mind, but for this verse the mind is considered a seat of emotion where desire and sorrow affect the mind. This verse applies to today's audiences by mentioning the spirit of t...