An Analysis of Proverbs 18:14

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Proverbs 18:14
A man's spirit will endure sickness; but a broken spirit who can bear? (RSV)

King Solomon was inspired by the Holy Spirit and wrote Proverbs as if it was to His children. Proverbs was written around 900 B.C. during his reign as king in Israel. Proverbs is divided into nine sections and this chapter is part of the third section as the main collection of Solomon’s Proverbs according to Biblestudytool.com.
The wisdom genre 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 having lost its strength. The Strong’s number is H7307 and this word occurs 248 times in the KJV. There are seven definitions for the spirit, but for this verse the spirit is seen as a seat of emotion where desire and sorrow affect the spirit.
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