Proverbs 14:10
The heart knows its own bitterness, and a stranger does not intermeddle with its joy.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
In Context
9Fools mock at sin, but among the upright there is good will.
11The house of the wicked shall be overthrown, but the tent of the upright shall flourish.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:10And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to LORD, and wept much.
2 Kings 4:27And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to thrust her away, but the man of God said, Let her alone, for her soul is vexed within her, and LORD has hid it from me, and has n
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison of which my spirit drinks up. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
Job 9:18He will not allow me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
Psalms 25:14The friendship of LORD is with those who fear him, and he will show them his covenant.
Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity, but a broken spirit who can bear?
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:10
9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour. See here, 1. How wicked people are hardened in their wickedness: they make a mock at sin. They make a laughing matter of the sins of others, making themselves and their companions merry with that for which they should mourn, and they make a light matter of their own sins, both when they are tempted to sin and when they have committed it; they call evil good and good evil ( Isa. v. 20 ), turn it off with a jest, rush into sin ( Jer. viii. 6 ) and… Read the whole commentary →