Proverbs 18:14 The spirit of man will endure sickness; but who can bear a broken spirit? (RSV)King Solomon was inspired by the Holy Spirit and wrote Proverbs as if they were addressed to His children. Proverbs was written around 900 BC 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 the 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 is used twice in this verse. According to Barnes' Notes the Spirit in the Hebrew test is masculine in the first sentence, feminine in the second as if it had lost its strength. The number of the Strong 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 pain influence the spirit. This verse applies to today's audience by mentioning the spirit of t...