Proverbs 14:10
Expanded Bible
10 ·No one else can know your sadness [L A heart knows its emotional distress],
and strangers cannot share your joy.
Proverbs 14:10
New International Version
10 Each heart knows its own bitterness,
and no one else can share its joy.
Proverbs 14:13
Expanded Bible
13 ·Someone who is laughing may be sad inside [L Even in laughter the heart may feel pain],
and joy may end in sadness.
Proverbs 14:13
New International Version
13 Even in laughter(A) the heart may ache,
and rejoicing may end in grief.
Proverbs 15:13
Expanded Bible
13 ·Happiness makes a person smile [L A joyful heart brightens one’s face],
but ·sadness [L a troubled heart] can break a person’s spirit.
Proverbs 15:13
New International Version
Proverbs 17:22
Expanded Bible
22 A happy heart ·is like good medicine [L brings healing],
but a broken spirit ·drains your strength [L dries up bone].
Proverbs 17:22
New International Version
Proverbs 18:14
Expanded Bible
14 The ·will to live [L human spirit] can get you through sickness,
but ·no one can live with [L who can bear…?] a broken spirit.
Proverbs 18:14
New International Version
14 The human spirit can endure in sickness,
but a crushed spirit who can bear?(A)
Proverbs 25:20
Expanded Bible
20 Singing songs to ·someone who is sad [L a troubled heart]
is like taking away his coat on a cold day
or pouring vinegar on soda [C sodium bicarbonate; mixing the two would cause an adverse reaction; the Greek Old Testament reads “scab” or “wound” instead of “soda”].
Proverbs 25:20
New International Version
20 Like one who takes away a garment on a cold day,
or like vinegar poured on a wound,
is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.
Proverbs 27:11
Expanded Bible
11 Be wise, my child, and make ·me [L my heart] happy.
Then I can respond to any insult.
Proverbs 27:11
New International Version
Proverbs 29:6
Expanded Bible
6 Evil people are trapped by their own ·sin [offenses],
but ·good [righteous] people can sing and be happy.
Proverbs 29:6
New International Version
6 Evildoers are snared by their own sin,(A)
but the righteous shout for joy and are glad.
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