Proverbs 18:14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear? As long as Adam maintained a conscience pure towards God, he was happy; but having once taken the forbidden fruit, he tarried a while there, but took no contentment therein; the sun did shine as bright, the rivers ran as clear as ever they did, birds sang as sweetly, beasts played as pleasantly, flowers smelt as fragrant, herbs grew as fresh, fruits flourished as fair; no punctilio of pleasure was either altered or abated; the objects were the same, but Adam's eyes were otherwise. Such is the torture of a wounded conscience, that it is able to unparadise paradise, and the burthen thereof so insupportable, that it is able to quell the courage and crush the shoulders of the hugest Hercules, of the mightiest man upon the face of the earth: who can bear it? (J. Spencer.) Parallel Verses KJV: The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?WEB: A man's spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear? |
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