Where there are no oxen, the feeding trough is empty,[a]
but an abundant harvest comes
through the strength of an ox.

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  1. Proverbs 14:4 Or clean

When there are no[a] oxen the manger is empty,
    but an abundance of crops comes by the strength of an ox.[b]

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  1. Proverbs 14:4 Literally “In there is no”
  2. Proverbs 14:4 Hebrew “bull”

10 The heart knows its own bitterness,
and no outsider shares in its joy.

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10 The heart[a] knows the bitterness of its soul,[b]
    but in its joy, it will not share itself with a stranger.

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  1. Proverbs 14:10 Or “mind”
  2. Proverbs 14:10 Or “life,” or “inner self”

13 Even in laughter a heart may be sad,
and joy may end in grief.(A)

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13 Even in laughter, a heart may be sad,
    and the end of joy may be grief.

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