Proverbs 14:10
The heart knows its own bitterness, || And a stranger does not interfere with its joy.
Literal Standard 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 a guilt-offering, || And among the upright—a pleasing thing.
11The house of the wicked is destroyed, || And the tent of the upright flourishes.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:10And she is bitter in soul, and prays to YHWH, and weeps greatly,
2 Kings 4:27And she comes to the man of God, to the hill, and lays hold on his feet, and Gehazi comes near to thrust her away, and the man of God says, “Leave her alone, for her soul [is] bitter to her, and YHWH has hidden [it] from me, and has not declared [it] to me.”
Job 6:4For arrows of the Mighty [are] with me, || Whose poison is drinking up my spirit. Terrors of God array themselves [for] me!
Job 9:18He does not permit me to refresh my spirit, || But fills me with bitter things.
Psalms 25:14The secret of YHWH [is] for those fearing Him, || And His covenant—to cause them to know.
Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man sustains his sickness, || And who bears a struck 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 →