A bruised reed shall he not break,
and the smoking flax shall he not quench.
–Isaiah 42:3 (KJV)–

Lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
–2 Corinthians 12:7 (KJV)–

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William Bridge, A Lifting Up for the Downcast (Banner of Truth, 1961).

Richard Sibbes, The Bruised Reed (Banner of Truth, 1998).

William Gurnall, The Christian in Complete Armour, 3 vols (Banner of Truth, 1990).

David Wilkerson, Suicide (Spire Books, 1978).