10 The heart knoweth the [a]bitterness of his soul, and the stranger shall not meddle with his joy.

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  1. Proverbs 14:10 As a man’s conscience is witness of his own grief, so another cannot feel the joy and comfort which a man feeleth in himself.

13 Even in laughing the heart is sorrowful, [a]and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

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  1. Proverbs 14:13 He showeth the allurement unto sin, seemeth sweet, but the end thereof is destruction.

13 (A)A joyful heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by the sorrow of the heart the mind is heavy.

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22 (A)A joyful heart causeth good health: but a sorrowful mind drieth the bones.

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14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity: but [a]a wounded spirit, who can bear it?

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  1. Proverbs 18:14 The mind can well bear the infirmity of the body, but when the spirit is wounded, it is a thing most hard to sustain.

20 He that taketh away the garment in the cold season, is like vinegar poured upon [a][b]nitre, or like him that singeth songs to an heavy heart.

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  1. Proverbs 25:20 Which melteth it, and consumeth it.
  2. Proverbs 25:20 Or, alum.

11 My son, be wise, and rejoice mine heart, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

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

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  1. Proverbs 29:6 He is ever ready to fall into the snare that he layeth for others.

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