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THE MESSAGE
Proverbs 14:10
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The heart knows its own bitterness,and no outsider shares in its joy.
The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; He will not share these with a stranger.
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy.
The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not share its joy.
No one else can know your sadness, and strangers cannot share your joy.
The heart knows its own bitterness, and with its joy no one else can share.
The heart knows its own bitterness, And no stranger shares its joy.
The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; He will not share these with a stranger.
The heart knoweth the bitternes of his soule, & the stranger shall not medle with his ioy.
The heart knows its own bitterness,And a stranger does not share its gladness.
The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares in its joy.
No one else can really know how sad or happy you are.
The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger can share its joy.
The heart knoweth its own bitterness, and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.
When you are sad, no one else feels the pain; and when you are happy, no one else can really feel the joy.
Fools commit sins; but the children of the upright have good will.
Your joy is your own; your bitterness is your own. No one can share them with you.
The heart knows the bitterness of its soul, but in its joy, it will not share itself with a stranger.
The heart knows the bitterness of its soul, and a stranger does not mix in its joy.
The herte of him that hath vnderstondinge wil nether dispare for eny sorow, ner be to presumptuous for eny sodane ioye.
The heart knoweth its own bitterness; And a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.
No one has knowledge of a man's grief but himself; and a strange person has no part in his joy.
The heart knoweth its own bitterness; and with its joy no stranger can intermeddle.
The heart knoweth his owne bitternesse; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his ioy.
The heart knoweth his owne soules bitternesse: and the straunger shall not be partaker of his ioy.
If a man’s mind is intelligent, his soul is sorrowful; and when he rejoices, he has no fellowship with pride.
The heart knoweth its own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.
The herte that knowith the bittirnesse of his soule; a straunger schal not be meddlid in the ioie therof.
The heart knows its own bitterness; And a stranger does not intermeddle with its joy.
The heart knoweth its own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.
The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not share its joy.
Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can fully share its joy.
The heart knows when it is bitter, and a stranger cannot share its joy.
The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy.
The heart, knoweth its own bitterness, and, in its joy, no stranger shareth.
The heart that knoweth the bitterness of his own soul, in his joy the stranger shall not intermeddle.
The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy.
The heart knoweth its own bitterness, And with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle.
The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not share its joy.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
heart: Proverbs 15:13, Proverbs 18:14, 1 Samuel 1:10, 2 Kings 4:27, Job 6:2-4, Job 7:11, Job 9:18, Job 10:1, Ezekiel 3:14, Mark 14:33, Mark 14:34, John 12:27
his: etc. Heb. the bitterness of his soul, Genesis 42:21
and: Psalms 25:14, John 14:18, John 14:23, Philippians 4:7, 1 Peter 1:8, Revelation 2:17
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 8:38 - the plague 2 Chronicles 6:29 - know Job 21:25 - in the bitterness Proverbs 3:32 - his Proverbs 12:25 - Heaviness Proverbs 14:14 - a good John 4:32 - that John 14:17 - whom 1 Corinthians 2:11 - what
Cross-References
They said to one another, "Come, let's make bricks and fire them well." They used brick for stone and tar for mortar.
Lot left Zoar and went into the mountains to live with his two daughters; he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He lived in a cave with his daughters.
When it was all over, Israel had killed everyone in Ai, whether in the fields or in the wilderness where they had chased them. When the killing was complete, the Israelites returned to Ai and completed the devastation. The death toll that day came to twelve thousand men and women—everyone in Ai.
The Landscape Will Be a Moonscape Danger ahead! God 's about to ravish the earth and leave it in ruins, Rip everything out by the roots and send everyone scurrying: priests and laypeople alike, owners and workers alike, celebrities and nobodies alike, buyers and sellers alike, bankers and beggars alike, the haves and have-nots alike. The landscape will be a moonscape, totally wasted. And why? Because God says so. He's issued the orders. The earth turns gaunt and gray, the world silent and sad, sky and land lifeless, colorless. Earth is polluted by its very own people, who have broken its laws, Disrupted its order, violated the sacred and eternal covenant. Therefore a curse, like a cancer, ravages the earth. Its people pay the price of their sacrilege. They dwindle away, dying out one by one. No more wine, no more vineyards, no more songs or singers. The laughter of castanets is gone, the shouts of celebrants, gone, the laughter of fiddles, gone. No more parties with toasts of champagne. Serious drinkers gag on their drinks. The chaotic cities are unlivable. Anarchy reigns. Every house is boarded up, condemned. People riot in the streets for wine, but the good times are gone forever— no more joy for this old world. The city is dead and deserted, bulldozed into piles of rubble. That's the way it will be on this earth. This is the fate of all nations: An olive tree shaken clean of its olives, a grapevine picked clean of its grapes. But there are some who will break into glad song. Out of the west they'll shout of God 's majesty. Yes, from the east God 's glory will ascend. Every island of the sea Will broadcast God 's fame, the fame of the God of Israel. From the four winds and the seven seas we hear the singing: "All praise to the Righteous One!" But I said, "That's all well and good for somebody, but all I can see is doom, doom, and more doom." All of them at one another's throats, yes, all of them at one another's throats. Terror and pits and booby traps are everywhere, whoever you are. If you run from the terror, you'll fall into the pit. If you climb out of the pit, you'll get caught in the trap. Chaos pours out of the skies. The foundations of earth are crumbling. Earth is smashed to pieces, earth is ripped to shreds, earth is wobbling out of control, Earth staggers like a drunk, sways like a shack in a high wind. Its piled-up sins are too much for it. It collapses and won't get up again. That's when God will call on the carpet rebel powers in the skies and Rebel kings on earth. They'll be rounded up like prisoners in a jail, Corralled and locked up in a jail, and then sentenced and put to hard labor. Shamefaced moon will cower, humiliated, red-faced sun will skulk, disgraced, Because God -of-the-Angel-Armies will take over, ruling from Mount Zion and Jerusalem, Splendid and glorious before all his leaders.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The heart knoweth his own bitterness,.... Or "the bitterness of his soul" l, the distress of his conscience, the anguish of his mind; the heart of man only knows the whole of it; something of it may be known to others by his looks, his words, and gestures, but not all of it; see 1 Corinthians 2:10; bitterness of soul often arises from outward troubles, pains, and diseases of body, losses, crosses, and disappointments, 1 Samuel 1:10. Sometimes it is upon spiritual accounts; but this is not the case of every heart; men may be in the gall of bitterness, and have no bitterness of soul on account of it; the sensualist and voluptuous worldling feels nothing of it, nor the hardened and hardhearted sinner; only such who are awakened and convinced by the Spirit of God; to these, as sin is a bitter thing in itself, it is so to their taste; it makes hitter work for repentance in them; it brings trembling and astonishment on them; fills them with shame and confusion of face, causes self-loathing and abhorrence, and severe reflections upon themselves; seeing sin in its own colours, they are cut to the heart and killed with it; they are pressed down with the guilt of sin, and the load of it; and, having no views of pardon, are in that distress and bitterness of soul which no tongue can express nor heart conceive but what has felt the same;
and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy; or "mingle himself with it" m; he does not share in it or partake of it; this is more especially true of spiritual joy, which, as it is unspeakable to the man that possesses it, it passes the understanding of a natural man; he can form no true idea of it: spiritual joy is what a sensible sinner partakes of upon the Gospel, the joyful sound of salvation, reaching his ears and his heart, at the revelation of Christ in him and to him, as a Saviour; when an application of pardoning grace is made to his soul, and he has a view of the complete righteousness of Christ, and his interest in it, and can see all his sins expiated and stoned for by his sacrifice; when he is favoured with a sight of the fulness of grace in Christ, and of the spiritual and eternal salvation he has wrought out for him; and likewise when he is indulged with a visit from him, and enjoys communion with him; and when he has a glimpse of eternal glory, and a well grounded hope of right unto it, and meetness for it: now a stranger, one that is a stranger to God and godliness, to Christ and the way of salvation by him, to the Spirit and his work of grace upon the heart, to the Gospel and the doctrines of it, to his own heart and the plague of it, to the saints and communion with them; knows nothing at all of the above joy, nor can he interrupt it, nor take it away.
l מרת נפשו "amaritudine animae suae", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Mercerus, Cocceius, Gejerus, Michaelis. m לא יתערב "non immiscet se", Michaelis, so Tigurine version; "non miscebit sese", Baynus; "non intermiscet se", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
A striking expression of the ultimate solitude of each man’s soul at all times, and not merely at the hour of death. Something there is in every sorrow, and in every joy, which no one else can share. Beyond that range it is well to remember that there is a Divine Sympathy, uniting perfect knowledge and perfect love.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 14:10. The heart knoweth his own bitterness — מרת נפשו morrath naphsho, "The bitterness of its soul." Under spiritual sorrow, the heart feels, the soul feels; all the animal nature feels and suffers. But when the peace of God is spoken to the troubled soul, the joy is indescribable; the whole man partakes of it. And a stranger to these religious feelings, to the travail of the soul, and to the witness of the Spirit, does not intermeddle with them; he does not understand them: indeed they may be even foolishness to him, because they are spiritually discerned.
