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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”

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

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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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13 Even in laughter the heart is sad,
    and the end of joy is grief.(A)

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13 A heart[a] of gladness will make good countenance,[b]
    but in sorrow of heart[c] a spirit is broken.

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  1. Proverbs 15:13 Or “mind”
  2. Proverbs 15:13 Literally “faces”
  3. Proverbs 15:13 Or “mind”

13 A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance,
    but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.(A)

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22 A cheerful heart is good medicine,
    but a downcast spirit will dry out bones.

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22 A cheerful heart is a good medicine,
    but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.(A)

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14 The spirit of a man will endure his sickness,
    but a broken spirit, who may bear it?

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14 The human spirit will endure sickness,
    but a broken spirit—who can bear?

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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.

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  1. Proverbs 25:20 A mineral salt found on dry lake beds often used as a preservative.

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]

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  1. 25.20 Gk: Heb Like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, like vinegar on lye
  2. 25.20 Gk Syr Tg: Heb lacks Like a moth . . . human heart

11 Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad,
    and I will answer him who reproaches me with a word.

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11 Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad,
    so that I may answer whoever reproaches me.(A)

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In transgression, an evil man is a snare,
    but the righteous will sing and rejoice.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 29:6 Hebrew “he will rejoice”

In the transgression of the evil there is a snare,
    but the righteous sing and rejoice.

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