Proverbs 14:10
The heart knoweth its own bitterness. And a stranger cannot intermeddle with its joy.
Noyes Bible
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 sin; But with the upright is favor.
11The house of the wicked shall be destroyed; But the tent of the upright shall flourish.
Cross References
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; Their poison drinketh up my spirit; The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
Job 9:18Who will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness!
Psalms 25:14The friendship of the LORD is with them that fear him, And he will teach them his covenant.
Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; But a wounded 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 →