Proverbs 14:10
The heart knoweth the bitternes of his soule, and the stranger shall not medle with his ioy.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
In Context
9The foole maketh a mocke of sinne: but among the righteous there is fauour.
11The house of the wicked shalbe destroyed: but the tabernacle of the righteous shall florish.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:10And she was troubled in her minde, and prayed vnto the Lord, and wept sore:
2 Kings 4:27And when shee came to the man of God vnto the moutaine, she caught him by his feete: and Gehazi went to her, to thrust her away: but the man of God said, Let her alone: for her soule is vexed within her, and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told it mee.
Job 6:4For the arrowes of the Almightie are in me, the venime whereof doeth drinke vp my spirit, and the terrours of God fight against me.
Job 9:18He wil not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitternesse.
Psalms 25:14The secrete of the Lord is reueiled to them, that feare him: and his couenant to giue them vnderstanding.
Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man will susteine his infirmitie: but a wounded spirit who can beare it?
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 →