Proverbs 14:10
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10 The heart knows its own bitterness,
and no stranger shares its joy.
Proverbs 14:10
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10 The heart knows its own bitterness,
and no stranger shares its joy.
Proverbs 14:13
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13 Even in laughter the heart is sad,
and the end of joy is grief.(A)
Proverbs 14:13
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13 Even in laughter the heart is sad,
and the end of joy is grief.
Proverbs 15:13
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13 A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance,
but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.(A)
Proverbs 15:13
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13 A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance,
but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.
Proverbs 17:22
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22 A cheerful heart is a good medicine,
but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.(A)
Proverbs 17:22
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22 A cheerful heart is a good medicine,
but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.
Proverbs 18:14
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14 The human spirit will endure sickness,
but a broken spirit—who can bear?
Proverbs 18:14
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14 A man’s spirit will endure sickness;
but a broken spirit who can bear?
Proverbs 25:20
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20 Like vinegar on a wound[a]
is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.
Like a moth in clothing or a worm in wood,
sorrow gnaws at the human heart.[b]
Proverbs 25:20
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20 He who sings songs to a heavy heart
is like one who takes off a garment on a cold day,
and like vinegar on a wound.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:20 Gk: Heb lye
Proverbs 27:11
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11 Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad,
so that I may answer whoever reproaches me.(A)
Proverbs 27:11
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11 Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad,
that I may answer him who reproaches me.
Proverbs 29:6
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6 In the transgression of the evil there is a snare,
but the righteous sing and rejoice.
Proverbs 29:6
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6 An evil man is ensnared in his transgression,
but a righteous man sings and rejoices.
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