Proverbs 14:10
The lev knoweth its own bitterness, 1 and a zar (stranger) doth not share its simchah. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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 at guilt, 1 but among the yesharim (upright ones) there is ratzon (favor). 1
11The bais of the resha'im shall be shmad, 1 but the ohel of the yesharim shall flourish. 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:10And she was in bitterness of nefesh, and davened unto Hashem, and wept greatly.
2 Kings 4:27And when she came to the Ish HaElohim at the har, she took hold of him by the raglayim: but Geichazi came near to thrust her away. And the Ish HaElohim said, Let her alone; for her nefesh is marah within her: and Hashem hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
Job 6:4For the khitzim (arrows) of Shaddai are in me, 1 the poison whereof drinketh my ruach; 1 the terrors of Eloah do set themselves in array against me. 1
Job 9:18He will not allow me to take my ruach (breath), 1 but filleth me with bitterness. 1
Psalms 25:14[Samech] The secret of Hashem is with them that fear Him; 1 and He will show them His Brit (covenant). 1
Proverbs 18:14The ruach ish will sustain him in sickness, 1 but a crushed ruach who can bear? 1
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 →