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Proverbs 14:10

The heart knoweth its own bitterness; And a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.

Proverbs 14:10 · American Standard Version

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Proverbs 14:10 in other translations

KJV King James Version

The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares in its joy.

WEB World English Bible

The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger.

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In context

7 Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.

9 A trespass-offering mocketh fools; But among the upright there is good will.

10 The heart knoweth its own bitterness; And a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.

11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; But the tent of the upright shall flourish.

12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death.

13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; And the end of mirth is heaviness.

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