Proverbs 14:10
The heart knoweth its own bitterness, and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
In Context
9Fools make a mock at trespass; but for the upright there is favour.
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 Jehovah, and wept much.
2 Kings 4:27And she came to the man of God to the mountain, and caught him by the feet; and Gehazi drew near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone, for her soul is troubled within her, and Jehovah has hidden it from me, and has not told me.
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, their poison drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
Job 9:18He suffereth me not to take my breath, for he filleth me with bitternesses.
Psalms 25:14The secret of Jehovah is with them that fear him, that he may make known his covenant to them.
Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man sustaineth 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 →