Proverbs 14:10
The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares in its joy.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
In Context
9Fools mock the making of amends, but goodwill is found among the upright.
11The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:10In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.
2 Kings 4:27When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is in deep distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me.”
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
Job 9:18He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.
Psalms 25:14The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.
Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit?
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 →