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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 knows its own bitterness,
And a stranger does not share 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 may sorrow,
And (A)the end of mirth may be grief.

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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)A merry heart makes a cheerful [a]countenance,
But (B)by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 15:13 face

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

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22 A (A)merry heart [a]does good, like medicine,
But a broken spirit dries the bones.

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  1. Proverbs 17:22 Or makes medicine even better

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 him in sickness,
But who can bear a broken spirit?

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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 Like one who takes away a garment in cold weather,
And like vinegar on soda,
Is one who (A)sings 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,
(A)That I may answer him who reproaches 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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By transgression an evil man is snared,
But the righteous sings and rejoices.

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