Proverbs 14:10
The heart knoweth its own bitterness, And with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle.
Young's Literal Translation
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 flourisheth.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:10And she is bitter in soul, and prayeth unto Jehovah, and weepeth greatly,
2 Kings 4:27And she cometh in unto the man of God, unto the hill, and layeth hold on his feet, and Gehazi cometh nigh to thrust her away, and the man of God saith, 'Let her alone, for her soul [is] bitter to her, and Jehovah hath hidden [it] from me, and hath 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 permitteth me not to refresh my spirit, But filleth me with bitter things.
Psalms 25:14The secret of Jehovah [is] for those fearing Him, And His covenant — to cause them to know.
Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man sustaineth his sickness, And a smitten spirit who doth 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 →