Proverbs 14:10
The heart knoweth its own bitterness; and with its joy can no stranger intermeddle.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
In Context
9The fool maketh a mockery of guilt; but among the upright there is good will.
11The house of the wicked will be destroyed: but the tent of the upright will flourish.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:10But she had bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept greatly.
2 Kings 4:27And she came to the man of God to the mount, and caught hold of his feet; and Gechazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is grieved within her; and the Lord hath hidden it from me, and hath not told it me.
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof my spirit drinketh it: the terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
Job 9:18He suffereth me not to recover my breath; but feedeth me overmuch with bitter things.
Psalms 25:14The secret counsel of the Lord is for those that fear him, and his covenant—to make it known to them.
Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man will readily bear his disease; but a depressed 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 →