Proverbs 14:10
American Standard Version
10 The heart knoweth its own bitterness;
And a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.
Proverbs 14:10
Lexham English Bible
10 The heart[a] knows the bitterness of its soul,[b]
but in its joy, it will not share itself with a stranger.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 14:10 Or “mind”
- Proverbs 14:10 Or “life,” or “inner self”
Proverbs 14:13
American Standard Version
13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful;
And the end of mirth is heaviness.
Proverbs 14:13
Lexham English Bible
13 Even in laughter, a heart may be sad,
and the end of joy may be grief.
Proverbs 15:13
American Standard Version
13 A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance;
But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.
Proverbs 15:13
Lexham English Bible
13 A heart[a] of gladness will make good countenance,[b]
but in sorrow of heart[c] a spirit is broken.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:13 Or “mind”
- Proverbs 15:13 Literally “faces”
- Proverbs 15:13 Or “mind”
Proverbs 17:22
American Standard Version
22 A cheerful heart [a]is a good medicine;
But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:22 Hebrew causeth good healing.
Proverbs 17:22
Lexham English Bible
22 A cheerful heart is good medicine,
but a downcast spirit will dry out bones.
Proverbs 18:14
American Standard Version
14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity;
But a broken spirit who can [a]bear?
Footnotes
- Proverbs 18:14 Or, raise up
Proverbs 18:14
Lexham English Bible
14 The spirit of a man will endure his sickness,
but a broken spirit, who may bear it?
Proverbs 25:20
American Standard Version
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.
Proverbs 25:20
Lexham English Bible
20 Like one who removes a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar on natron,[a]
is he who sings songs to a heavy heart.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:20 A mineral salt found on dry lake beds often used as a preservative.
Proverbs 27:11
American Standard Version
11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,
That I may answer him that reproacheth me.
Proverbs 27:11
Lexham English Bible
11 Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad,
and I will answer him who reproaches me with a word.
Proverbs 29:6
American Standard Version
6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare;
But the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
Proverbs 29:6
Lexham English Bible
6 In transgression, an evil man is a snare,
but the righteous will sing and rejoice.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:6 Hebrew “he will rejoice”
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