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

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

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

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

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13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance:
    but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

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13 A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance;
But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

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22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine:
    but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

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22 A cheerful heart [a]is a good medicine;
But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:22 Hebrew causeth good healing.

14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity;
    but a wounded spirit who can bear?

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14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity;
But a broken spirit who can [a]bear?

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 18:14 Or, raise up

20 As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather,
and as vinegar upon nitre,
so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.

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20 As one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon soda,
So is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.

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11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,
that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

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11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,
That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

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In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare:
but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

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In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare;
But the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

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