Proverbs 14:10
The heart that knoweth the bitterness of his own soul, in his joy the stranger shall not intermeddle.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
In Context
9A fool will laugh at sin, but among the just grace shall abide.
11The house of the wicked shall be destroyed: but the tabernacles of the just shall flourish.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:10As Anna had her heart full of grief, she prayed to the Lord, shedding many tears,
2 Kings 4:27And when she came to the man of God, to the mount, she caught hold on his feet: and Giezi came to remove her. And the man of God said: Let her alone for her soul is in anguish, and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Lord are in me, the rage whereof drinketh up my spirit, and the terrors of the Lord war against me.
Job 9:18He alloweth not my spirit to rest, and he filleth me with bitterness.
Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man upholdeth his infirmity: but a spirit that is easily angered, 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 →